Botswana Power Corporation (BPC)

BOTSWANA POWER CORPORATION SECURE ADDITIONAL 100MW TO RESOLVE POTENTIAL POWER CRISIS

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BOTSWANA POWER CORPORATION SECURE ADDITIONAL 100MW TO RESOLVE POTENTIAL POWER CRISIS

Plans are in the pipeline for Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) to secure an additional 100 Mega Watts of firm power imports to avert potential power crisis. The initiative comes on the backdrop of Intermittent loss of generation at Morupule B Power Plant, coupled with non- firm power imports from South Africa posing a significant challenge to meet the country’s electricity demand. The minister of finance, Peggy Serame told parliament recently that the country could experience…

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BOTSWANA WITNESS FIRST LOAD SHEDDING AFTER SEVEN YEARS ABSENCE

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BOTSWANA WITNESS FIRST LOAD SHEDDING AFTER SEVEN YEARS ABSENCE

Load shedding has returned after a seven-year absence as most parts of the country have been suffering from power cuts since last evening. Following the blackouts, the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) announced that it is currently experiencing power supply constraints estimated to last for a week. The Corporation also said the outages are a result of forced power cuts at BPC power generation plants resulting in demand exceeding supply. “The situation is exacerbated by the…

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