Botswana Not Safe From Load Shedding

• Morupule power station operates at lowest levels
• 450MW output from 2 stations

After numerous breakdowns and billions of pula injected into their repair, local Morupule A and Morupule B power stations are still not sufficiently functional to meet the national electricity supply requirement, the Minister of Minerals and Energy, Lefoko Moagi, has said.

Minister Moagi disclosed the shortcomings of the power stations when answering a question in Parliament on Tuesday this week.

“The country’s dependable generation capacity from both Morupule A and Morupule B power stations is 450MW and it is inadequate to meet the national electricity demand which ranges from 380MW (off-peak) to 650MW (peak),” said Moagi.

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