Botswana: Problems continue at Morupule

Two years after it was scheduled to begin full operation, all four units at the 600MW Morupule B coal power plant are out of service. Energy and water resources minister Kitso Mokaila told reporters on 14 October that the president of the lead engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, China National Electric Engineering Company (CNEEC), would fly to Botswana within the week to discuss the project with the government. Shenyang Blower Works Electro-Mechanics Import and Export Company was also part of the EPC consortium, and Germany’s Fichtner is owner’s engineer.