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Thermal

Thermal power station Community Coordinates Fuel type Capacity Completed (or completion expected) Owner Notes
Morupule A Power Station[1] Palapye 22°31′12″S 27°02′12″E / 22.52000°S 27.03667°E / -22.52000; 27.03667 (Morupule A Power Station) Coal 132 MW 1989 Botswana Power Corporation
Morupule B Power Station Palapye 22°31′20.5″S 27°02′58.2″E / 22.522361°S 27.049500°E / -22.522361; 27.049500 (Morupule B Power Station) Coal 600 MW[2] 2014 Botswana Power Corporation
Orapa Power Station Orapa 21°19′06″S 25°25′03″E / 21.31833°S 25.41750°E / -21.31833; 25.41750 (Orapa Power Station) Dual (Diesel or Natural Gas) 90 MW[3] 2011 Botswana Power Corporation Peaking power plant
Phakalane Power Station Phakalane 24°34′25″S 25°58′07″E / 24.57361°S 25.96861°E / -24.57361; 25.96861 (Phakalane Power Station) N/A (Photovoltaic) 1.3 MW[4] 2012 Botswana Power Corporation Pilot power plant

Solar

PV solar

Solar power station Community Coordinates Fuel type Capacity (megawatts) Year completed Owner Notes
Mmadinare Solar Power Station[5] Central District 21°51′43″S 27°41′55″E / 21.86194°S 27.69861°E / -21.86194; 27.69861 (Mmadinare Solar Power Station) Solar 120[6] 2027 Expected Scatec
Selebi-Phikwe Solar Power Station[7] Central District 21°57′19″S 27°52′46″E / 21.95528°S 27.87944°E / -21.95528; 27.87944 (Selebi-Pikwe Solar Power Station) Solar 50[8] 2025 Expected Scatec
Tati Solar Power Station[9] Francistown 21°31′12″S 27°48′16″E / 21.52000°S 27.80444°E / -21.52000; 27.80444 (Tati Solar Power Station) Solar 100[10] 2024 Expected Tati Solar Company (SPV)

Concentrated solar

Solar power station Community Coordinates Fuel type Capacity (megawatts) Year completed Owner Notes
Maun Concentrated Solar Power Station[11] Ngamiland 20°02′14″S 23°24′22″E / 20.03722°S 23.40611°E / -20.03722; 23.40611 (Maun Concentrated Solar Power Station) Concentrated solar power 100[12] 2027 Expected TBD
Letlhakane Concentrated Solar Power Station[11] Central District 20°02′14″S 23°24′22″E / 20.03722°S 23.40611°E / -20.03722; 23.40611 (Letlhakane Concentrated Solar Power Station) Concentrated solar power 100[12] 2027 Expected TBD

See also

References

  1. ↑ Morupule A Power Station Is Botswana's Oldest Power Complex
  2. ↑ Capacity At Morupule B Is 600MW
  3. ↑ Orapa OCGT Power Plant Botswana
  4. ↑ Kedikilwe Commissions Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant
  5. ↑ Jean Marie Takouleu (19 December 2023). "Botswana: Scatec closes the financing for the 1st phase of the Mmadinare solar park". Afrik21.africa. Paris, France. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Meena Nair (18 December 2023). "Scatec To Soon Begin Construction Of 60 MW Plant". TaiyangNews. Dusseldorf, Germany. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Jean Marie Takouleu (2 September 2022). "Botswana: Norway's Scatec signs for a 50 MWp solar park in Selibe-Phikwe". Afrik21.africa. Paris, France. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  8. ↑ Anita Anyango (5 September 2022). "Scatec inks PPA deal for Selibe-Phikwe solar plant project in Botswana". Pumps-Africa.com. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Jean Marie Takouleu (5 August 2021). "Botswana: Solarcentury and Shumba to co-develop Tati solar project (100 MWp)". Afrik21.africa. Paris, France. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  10. ↑ Brian Benza, Promit Mukherjee and Kirsten Donovan (5 July 2021). "Botswana issues licence for first large scale solar power plant". Reuters. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  11. 1 2 Brian Benza, Bhargav Acharya and Kirsten Donovan (9 May 2022). "Botswana invites bids to build 200 MW solar plant". Reuters.com. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  12. 1 2 Anita Anyango (15 February 2022). "Botswana launches tenders for two thermodynamic solar power plants". Pumps-africa.com. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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