UB launches largest commercial solar plant

In a partnership with the Sustainable Energy Botswana – Sturdee Consortium, the $6 million (P78 million) project will greatly reduce the university’s current reliance on grid electricity and help it move into the green energy arena.

The solar power plant, the country’s largest commercial plant thus far, will not only supply a large proportion of the daytime electricity requirements of the university, but it will also channel any overproduction into clean energy for the national grid.