Norway firm scoops Phikwe solar deal
Friday, September 02, 2022 | 690 Views |

New deal: Scatec. BERA and BPC officials at Wednesday’s signing ceremony
Part of the Power Purchase Agreement signed between the Oslo-based group and the Botswana Power Corporation on Wednesday requires that 40% of shares in the company established for the project be awarded to citizens.
Scatec is one of the world’s biggest solar and renewable energy developers, with large scale projects that include a R16 billion plant in South Africa due to have a capacity of 540MW. In Africa, the group also has projects in Lesotho, Egypt, Uganda, Mozambique, Rwanda and Tunisia.
The acrimony that seemingly characterised the relationship between the Malete Land Board on behalf of the Botswana government and Kgosi Mosadi Seboko and the tribe, should now be water under the bridge as the tribe has finally gotten what it has been fighting for - the land.Kgosi Mosadi has articulated an instance upon which she was allegedly summoned to the State House by the Head of State, Mokgweetsi Masisi where the former claimed she was...