Energy station in limbo as parties wrangle

The companies, Synchrona Waste Management and Kagisano Innovations Botswana were supposed to work as a joint venture under the name, Clean Energy Botswana (CEB), to construct a waste energy power plant at the Pilane landfill, where a carbon capture plant was also to be erected. The project, which is estimated to cost $112 million or P1.07 billion, is coordinated by the Kgatleng District Development Foundation (KDDF), under the auspices of the KDC.

KDDF is headed by Councillor Reverend Mpho Moruakgomo who is also president of the Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA). While negotiations were still ongoing with the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) to get the green light to generate 15MW of power using 400 tonnes of waste from the Kgatleng district and surrounding areas, a dispute erupted between Synchrona Waste Management and Kagisano Innovations as a result of mutual suspicions and mistrust.