Botswana nears self-sufficiency in power supply

All four units are currently running at Morupule B PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG
All four units are currently running at Morupule B PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

Botswana’s efforts to attain self-sufficiency in power generation seem to be bearing fruit, if the latest figures on electricity generation and importation are anything to go by.

Data from Statistics Botswana (SB) shows that during the last quarter of 2016, electricity generation increased by 11.1% while power imports dropped by 32%.

The physical volume of electricity generated during that period stood at 783,141 megawatt-hour (MWH), which represents an increase of 77,940 MWH as compared to 705,201 MWH generated during the same period of the previous year.

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