Africa-Press – Botswana. The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) is providing a grant to the government of Botswana to support the energy transition. The southern African country depends on its neighbour South Africa for part of its electricity needs.
Botswana is getting a boost in its energy transition. It’s a $1 million grant recently awarded by the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA); a financing mechanism managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) with the objective of supporting private sector interventions in electricity access in Africa.
The SEFA grant will, according to the AfDB, contribute to the implementation of a technical assistance project focusing on the introduction of least-cost planning, reduction of adverse environmental impacts and support for increased private sector participation in renewable energy generation investments. The project will also produce a national grid code, a study on the cost of electricity service, and a licensing framework to regulate electricity sector activities.
The beginnings of sustainable power sector development
According to the AfDB, its studies will enable the implementation of Botswana’s first Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), facilitating investment in new solar photovoltaic and wind power generation capacity to reach at least 100 MW and 50 MW respectively by 2030.
Currently, Botswana has 450 MW of installed capacity, according to Power Africa, from the Morupule B coal-fired plant. Faced with a demand of 550 MW, the country imports 150 MW from South Africa. Botswana has already begun its energy transition with the support of the private sector, notably the independent power producers (IPPs).
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