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NAMPOWER UNHAPPY WITH SWISS COMPANY OVER REPAIRS OF POWER STATION EQUIPMENT IN NAMIBIA

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NAMPOWER UNHAPPY WITH SWISS COMPANY OVER REPAIRS OF POWER STATION EQUIPMENT IN NAMIBIA

Senior NamPower officials are disgruntled over the national electricity company’s battle to recover N$5,6 million paid to a Swiss company for the repair of power station equipment in India. The money was paid as a tax payment for the import of equipment, known as the transformer 12, for a substation in the Zambezi region. In November 2016, NamPower issued a tender inviting companies to submit quotations for “logistics services: transportation of a power transformer from…

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NAMPOWER RENEGOTIATE 100MW ELECTRICITY SUPPLY FROM ESKOM

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NAMPOWER RENEGOTIATE 100MW ELECTRICITY SUPPLY FROM ESKOM

NamPower managing director Simeon Haulofu confirmed that the power utility has renegotiated and extended its electricity supply agreement with Eskom for another three years. ESKOM, which is currently faced with frequent power cuts, will continue to supply Namibia with 100MW electricity. This follows NamPower’s five-year agreement with Eskom for the supply of 200MW and additional non-firm supply dependent on transmission capacity. Haulofu said the agreement can be extended based on future requirements. “Namibia has been…

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KHAN SOLAR PROJECT WORTH N$300M LAUNCHED IN NAIMIBIA

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KHAN SOLAR PROJECT WORTH N$300M LAUNCHED IN NAIMIBIA

Namibia’s energy sector is making significant advancements in implementing renewable energy solutions, as another N$300 million plant was launched this week. The Khan Solar project was launched by Alpha Namibia Industries Renewable Power Limited (ANIREP), about 45 kilometers outside Usakos in the Erongo region. The 20 Megawatt (MW) solar plant, once completed, is expected to feed into the national grid with electricity that can power at least 18 500 homes or three small towns. The…

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ERONGO RED COMMISSION SUBSTATION AT WALVIS BAY, NAMIBIA

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ERONGO RED COMMISSION SUBSTATION AT WALVIS BAY, NAMIBIA

US $40m state of the art substation commissioned in Namibia, that will increase electricity consumption from 60mw to 120mw at a capacity of 11kv. Erongo Red which is a Namibia regional electricity distributor has commissioned a state of the art substation that will help increase the production and distribution of electricity in walvis bay. Walvis bay’s electricity which consumed about 60MW will now be increase to 12oMw after the substation was constructed that can transfer…

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