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State-owned electricity utility Botswana Power, which has embarked on a $1,2-billion expansion of the Morupule coal-fired power station, is moving ahead with the implementation of the first phase of its Morupule B expansion plans and will now appoint a contractor to construct the plant [ Retrieved on 14 FEB 2008 ]
The Morupule power station provides about 80% of Botswana's power requirements. Faced with diminishing surplus generation capacity in the region, the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) is proceeding with the implementation of the first phase of the Morupule power station expansion, the Morupule ‘B' pulverised coal-fired power plant project, Project No 2006, comprising four 150-MW units.
[ Retrieved on 14 FEB 2008 - http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=107410 ]
BPC commissioned a generation expansion feasibility study in 2003.The feasibility study recommended that 6x100 MW units be installed in progressive stages; 400 MW
immediately (2009-10), 100 MW (2018), and finally 100 MW (2023). [ Retrieved on 04 FEB 2008 - http://ttclear.unfccc.int/ttclear/pdf/Workshops/Bonn/Botswana.pdf ] |