The state-owned utility Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) has received 49 responses for the launched request for qualifications (RfQ) ahead for the planned tender of a 100 MW solar photovoltaic plant to interested independent power producers (IPPs).
The tender aims to identify the right developer for two solar photovoltaic plants with 50 MW capacity each. The selected developer will build, own, and operate the project and sell the energy produced under a power purchase agreement (PPA).
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May 24, 2019
Botswana approves development of 100 MW coal bed methane-to-power project
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 a...
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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
