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Namibia Power Corporation has terminated its power supply agreement with Congo Namibia Trading, a privately held company that serves a settlement near Otavi, Kombat village. Congo Namibia has reportedly been owned by powerful local businessman Knowledge Katti since 2015.

National utility Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) has launched a tender for a 50MW wind independent power producer (IPP) to be built near Lüderitz, a wind hotspot.

State-owned Development Bank of Namibia has signed an agreement to fund construction of the Rosh Pinah Solar Park that will supply 5.4MW for zinc and lead miner Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation in south-western Namibia.

TotalEnergies’ discovery of light oil with associated gas on the deep-water Venus prospect in the Orange Basin raises the prospect once again that Namibia’s geology contains resources that could underpin gas-to-power (GTP) plays and provide significant new revenue from crude sales.

TotalEnergies confirmed on 24 February a “significant” discovery of light oil with associated gas on the Venus prospect, located in Block 2913B in Namibia’s Orange Basin. It comes soon after a Shell-led consortium announced another find in the nearby PEL 39 licence.

Shell has confirmed Namibia’s first formal find, with a light oil discovery at the offshore Graff-1 well. The oil major said on 4 February that its exploration well in the PEL-39 licence area of the Orange Basin had revealed “encouraging” results, with the presence of a working petroleum system with light oil. Namibia hopes to fast-track the development to have first production by 2026.

Canadian independent Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) said on 8 February it had raised C$41.3m ($32.5m) from Vancouver-based Canaccord Genuity Corporation, which it will use for drilling and seismic operations in the Kavango sedimentary basin and for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Oslo-listed BW Energy has drafted a revised development plan for the shallow-water Kudu field, which has proven reserves of 1.3tcf.

South African developer SolarSaver has commissioned 2.2MWp of solar PV capacity for NovaNam’s hake processing facilities at Lüderitz and Walvis Bay. The 13,000 m2 of panels installed across both plants include a 3,132 m2 array on wooden mounting structures in Lüderitz.

Rising levels of German financing for Namibia include agreement for KfW to finance construction of Namibia’s first utility-scale storage facility at Omburu

UK-headquartered Impact Oil & Gas announced on 1 December the spudding of the Venus-1X offshore exploration well in Namibia Block 2913B, operated by TotalEnergies. The well, which is being drilled in water depths of 3,000 metre by the Maersk Voyager drillship, is being closely watched by the industry as an indicator of Namibia’s potential as a major hydrocarbons player.

BW Energy’s upstream development and independent power investment proposal to develop the elusive offshore Kudu gas field is gaining traction in Windhoek, where IOC activity is gaining pace ahead of much-anticipated wells planned by Shell and TotalEnergies, write James Gavin and a Special Correspondent.

Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) has invited prequalification bids for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work on the 40MW Rosh Pinah wind project, which is expected to consist of 16 2.5MW wind turbines. It is located in the Sperrgebiet National Park. Environmental impact assessment contractor Enviro Dynamics began public consultations in late February 2020.

Africa GreenCo is looking to develop a regional portfolio as a means of mitigating risk. Following its Zambia pilot, a second project, in Namibia, is expected for next year. GreenCo is already in talks with an independent power producer (IPP), utility  Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) and regulator the Electricity Control Board.

State utility NamPower has begun construction of the 287km 400kV Auas-Gerus transmission line – an element of plans to expand the country’s N$3.5bn ($244m) 400kV backbone by 833km and is being built by local company Power Line Africa