Uproar over Morupule B expansion tender

Friday, August 26, 2016

Local coal firms are aggrieved they were sidelined, in the tender after spending over P3 billion in Botswana

The recent decision to build units 7 and 8 at Morupule B and directly award the tender to a South Korea-based consortium flies in the face of local coal beneficiation efforts. Furthermore, the move derails private sector participation in the diversification of the economy, Botswana-based coal and energy companies lament.

The local companies have been eyeing government’s proposed 300MW greenfield power plant tender when it first floated in 2013, but now feel that the power station will never see the light of day due to the coming on stream of unit 7 and 8.

With Unit 7 and 8, local power production will be catapulted to over 1,300MW, well above local demand.

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Uproar over Morupule B expansion tender

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