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NamPower generation projects chief Grant Muller put up the national power company’s now-finalized plans for a CSP project in Namibia, ranging from 50 MW to 130 MW including storage, at the 2021 SolarPACES Conference. It is set for its first CSP auction in 2022 after four years of preparation. Namibia possesses some of the world’s greatest solar resources, with DNIs as high as 3214 kWh per square meter per year (3,214 kWh/m2a). Its current installed capacity is 680 MW, which serves a population of 2.5 million people. Nearly all (517 MW) is provided by renewables (hydropower, solar PV, and wind). However, a tiny fraction (122 MW) is still supplied by coal, and it now obtains power from the coal-heavy grid of neighboring South Africa. Its goals are to reduce reliance on imports and coal and improve the resilience of its renewable grid. |
