By Daniel Itai.
Luderitz, Namibia (News of The South) – Namibia’s ministry of Environment and Tourism has signed a land lease agreement with independent power producer Diaz Wind Power, to allow for a setup of a 44 megawatt (MW) wind power plant.
This coincides with the country’s quest to reduce its energy imports, while pursuing renewable energy projects.
In November, NamPower, the Namibian electricity utility company, unveiled its plans to build two wind farms to boost its grid capacity.
The power utility company is planning on building four plants powered by renewable energy over the next five years, which will harness biomass, solar and wind to generate a combined 220 megawatts.
Nampower’s Managing Director, Kahenge Haulofu said renewable forms of energy will immensely benefit the country.
“Namibia stands to benefit as the worldwide boom in the solar market results in reduced costs and improved efficiency of solar photovoltaic panels and related equipment, the country has potential sites for the development of large-scale wind-power projects,” said Haulofu.
Nampower currently imports about 60 percent of its electricity with the bulk of it coming from South Africa.
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