- NamPower commissions its Omburu solar PV plant.
- The plant required an investment of US$ 20 million.
Namibia’s state-owned power corporation (NamPower) has announced the commissioning of a 20 MWp Omburu solar PV plant. HopSol Africa constructed the plant.
To construct the Omburu solar power plant cost N$317 million, over US$20 million. In Omburu, NamPower also plans to install a 58 MW/72 MWh battery storage system to stabilise its power grid. This project is supported by the German development agency Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), which is providing €20 million in funding.
NamPower is expected to contribute 20% of the total cost of the storage project. The state-owned company will focus on connecting the future storage system to Namibia’s national power grid from the Umburu substation and paying local fees and taxes not covered by the KfW grant.