source: Sunday Standard by Spencer Mogapi 15-10-2010 Botswana is likely to experience power outages that were so much a regular feature of 2008 and 2009. Unless the Morupule B project in Palapye is completed well on time, the power cuts, popularly known as load-shedding, are again expected to plod back and start haunting the prospects [...]
source: Mmegi MBONGENI MGUNI Staff Writer Six local and South African banks have teamed up to provide the P1.4 billion required for the expansion of Morupule Colliery. This comes amid reports that construction at the adjacent power station is moving ahead of schedule. Morupule Colliery is expanding from one to three million tonnes of coal [...]
source: Mmegi MBONGENI MGUNI Staff Writer The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) could abandon the Morupule B Phase II, under which 600 megawatts would have been pumped into the national grid, adding onto the 600 MW expected from Phase I, which is presently under construction. Originally, it was planned that Morupule B Phase I and II [...]
source: Mmegi MBONGENI MGUNI Staff Writer The country’s sole power station, Morupule, will soon undergo a multi-million Pula refurbishment designed to restore the 25-year-old plant to “dependable capacity,” following a long period of poor performance. The ageing equipment and infrastructure at the Palapye power station has resulted in the 120 megawatt plant operating at about [...]
source: Mmegi MBONGENI MGUNI Staff Writer The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) will soon start construction of the long-awaited multi-million pula transmission line through which power from the 600-megawatt Morupule B Power Station will be brought to Greater Gaborone. The 400-kilovolt line from the Morupule B Power Station to the Isang sub-station is one of key [...]
source: Mmegi BRIAN BENZA Staff Writer Botswana has received a US$136 million (P943 million) loan from the World Bank as part finance for the 600 MW Morupule B power stations currently under construction in Palapye. Morupule B power station is seen as the sustainable long-term solution to Botswana’s power shortages, particularly in the face of [...]