Botswana: AFR and Acwa Power sign joint agreement for minemouth coal

Australia’s African Energy Resources (AFR) has signed a joint development agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power to develop a 300MW minemouth coal power plant at AFR’s Sese coal field (AE 260/8). On 2 October, the companies jointly submitted an expression of interest in developing the greenfield power plant requested by the Botswanan Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources. The Sese coal field has enough resources to fuel around 2,400MW of generation capacity for 25 years. However, the company’s water allocation and environmental permitting is currently only sufficient for two 300MW facilities.