Mpho TebeleGaborone – Botswana Stock Exchange Limited-listed Shumba Energy has secured regulatory approval to build a 100MW solar plant in the north of the country. Shumba MD, Engineer Mashale Phumaphi, told The Southern Times this week that the Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) had given them the greenlight to build the power plant. “Our objective as Shumba Energy is to develop Botswana’s first large-scale solar plant as a blueprint for a greener, environmentally friendly, sustainable future in our severely energy deficient region,” said Eng Phumaphi. He said they were yet to sign power off-take agreements and would operate as a merchant power producer feeding into the Southern African Power Pool. Shumba Energy, which is also listed on the Mauritius Stock Exchange, is the only Botswana-based and Botswana majority-owned and operated large-scale energy producer in the country.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 10, 2021 00:42 UTC