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Eswatini is seeking to reduce its energy dependence.
- The country is seeking to deploy renewable energy solutions.
- The country is banking on solar and biomass to shore up generation capacity.
The Kingdom of Eswatini is seeking to reduce its energy dependency from neighbouring Mozambique and South Africa via renewable energy plants.
The country’s ministry of natural resources and energy through the Eswatini Energy Regulatory Authority (ESERA) recently issued an intention to award three 15 MW solar plants to a consortium of Globeleq and Sturdee Energy Southern Africa, and ACED. Globeleq and Sturdee won a total of 30 MW of capacity.
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The 10 MW Lavumisa solar plant is also close to completion. The facility, when completed, will be the country’s first utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) plant. The total cost of the project is SZL 255 million ($18.4m/€15m). The country is also developing three other projects that will inject 40 MW of solar and 40 MW of biomass power capacity.