Tlou Energy Limited has received the final environmental approval required to move ahead with its Lesedi coalbed methane project in Botswana. Botswana’s Department of Environmental Affairs had approved the downstream environmental impact statement.
The project involves the development of up to 100 MW power generation facilities that will generate electricity from coal bed methane sourced from the Lesedi gas fields located in the Central District of Botswana.
Initial development of up to 10 MW is planned. It will start with 2 MW of power which will be expanded as further drilling is conducted and additional gas becomes available.
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January 28, 2019
Tlou Energy submits EIA for biogas-to-power project in Botswana
Tlou Energy has announced that it has submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for a power generation facility of up to 100 MW that will generate electricity from coal bed methane...
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October 10, 2018
Tlou Energy seeks PPA for 100 MW coal bed methane project in Botswana
Tlou Energy has submitted a project to develop a power plant near Serowe in the Central District of Botswana, powered by coal bed methane (CBM) natural gas from nearby gas fields t...
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August 16, 2018
Government of Botswana approves EIA for 500 MW coal-fired power project
African Energy Resources Ltd (AFR) has announced that the Department of Environmental Affairs of the government of Botswana has approved an updated Environment...
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February 19, 2018
The Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security has requested that the RFP be re-tendered, and has invited Tlou Energy to submit the project under a new re-tender process
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February 11, 2018
The project has been put on-hold after the disagreement of terms with the energy ministry
