Eswatini: RfP soon for 40MW solar project


Issue 411 - 12 Mar 2020 | 1 minute read

Eswatini plans to issue a request for proposals “very, very soon” for a 40MW solar PV project, energy minister Peter Bhembe told the Africa Energy Indaba conference in Cape Town on 3-4 March. The ministry began prequalification for the project in June last year in an effort to reduce reliance on imports from South Africa. Bhembe said a 40MW biomass plant would follow. He said construction of the 10MW Lavumisa solar PV plant was going well and the plant is expected to begin operating in August.

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