Africa-Press – Botswana. Tlou Energy Ltd said transmission line work to connect its Lesedi gas-fired generator to the Botswana grid is ongoing and on target with 6% of the work currently completed.
“Work on the transmission line is scheduled for completion in mid-2023, with the substations at either end of the transmission line expected to be completed in the second half of 2023. Sale of electricity can start thereafter,” the company said in a statement.Electricity generated at the Lesedi 10MW gas-fired power facility will be sold under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Botswana Power Corporation (BPC), the national power utility in Botswana. Once in full production, 10MW of generation could provide annual revenue of approximately US$10mln.
Tlou’s two production wells Lesedi 3 and Lesedi 4 continue to produce gas, it said in the statement.
“These wells are dewatering in isolation and gas flow rates are expected to continue to increase, particularly when additional wells are drilled to assist with dewatering of the reservoir as part of a full field development,” it said.
Tlou added that its hydrogen technology partner Synergen Met is designing and building a prototype unit for shipment to Lesedi. In advance of shipment, the plasma torch will be tested and configured to optimise hydrogen and solid carbon production.
“The use of plasma technology for hydrogen production will be a first for the sub-Saharan region and could be advantageous for the production of low emission, cleaner energy across the region as well as in the related fields of waste-to-energy and waste disposal.
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