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Morupule B Power fails, dark days return

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Morupule B power plant
Botswana could be seating on the verge of looming electricity crunch as the country’s dependent source of electricity supplier, Morupule B Power station is generating very little power output in a move that is likely to plunge the country into darkness. The inadequate power supply by Palapye based power station amid high national demand of electricity , has since forced the country to look abroad to import electricity from the neigbouring Mozambique in a costly process. Morupule B power station which has been battling with power plant breakdowns, although built at a lucrative cost of P11 billion, by last year had cost ravages estimated at around P4 billion. The origin cause scrutiny placed the bulk of the blame on high cost effects on contracted company in building power station, being China National Electrical Engineering Corporation (CNEEC). Decreases in power supply is attributed to the damage of two supplying units of the station while the remaining working two units produce 260 MW, an insufficient amount. Former BPC Chief Executive Officer, Dr Stefan Schwarzfischer last year in November told the media that the country will meet its power deficits until all the units that provide 600MW per hour when combined are up…

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