Botswana should embrace solar to reduce subsidies, tariffs

Sputtering on: Morupule B is undergoing a major overhaul
Sputtering on: Morupule B is undergoing a major overhaul

As Sub-Saharan solar ambition has scaled up, Botswana has awarded its first ever power generation licences to independent power producers (IPPs) – all three of them coal projects.

Most of the planned power generation is expected to export electricity to Botswana’s neighbours.

Energy & Natural Resource Corporation’s planned 600 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station is expected to export power to South Africa’s Eskom power utility, Zimbabwe’s power utility Zesa and the Southern African Power Pool. Sese Power’s 225MW coal-fired power station is expected to export electricity to mining companies in Zambia.

Editor's Comment
A promising step for public schools, but...

For too long, the state of many public schools has been a source of shame. We have all seen the pictures and heard the stories of broken windows, unreliable water and electricity, topped by classrooms that are not fit for proper learning. The establishment of the Education Infrastructure and Management Company Ltd (EIMC) signals that authorities are finally ready to take this problem seriously. We must commend the government for this initiative....

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