After Namibia, British company Solarcentury has signed a partnership agreement with Energy & National Resource Corporation (ENRC) to build a 100 MW solar power plant in Botswana. The electricity generated will supply the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP).
In Botswana, Solarcentury signs a partnership agreement with Energy & National Resource Corporation (ENRC) for the construction of a 100 MW photovoltaic solar power plant. The two companies will co-develop this clean energy project in Palapye, in the south-west of the country, near the border with South Africa.
The project has already achieved “important milestones, including our production license and grid impact assessment approval. We look forward to closing the financing for this project and starting the construction phase. The project will provide much-needed green energy to alleviate the energy deficit issues we face in the region,” explains Jason de Carteret, Solarcentury’s President and CEO.
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The project has already received a power generation license from the Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) and successfully concluded its grid impact assessment with the state-owned Botswana Power Corporation (BPC). “These approvals pave the way for further development of the project,” says Solarcentury.
The London-based company will feed the electricity generated into the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), of which it has been a member since 2023. Through its participation in SAPP, the independent power producer (IPP) will also build a 60 MW solar photovoltaic power plant in southern Namibia, in partnership with SolNam Energy. The aim of these two projects is to contribute to the growth of electricity trade within the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Jean Marie Takouleu
