Namibia: NamPower seeks to reassure on new capacity

State-owned utility NamPower is to seek investment of N$18bn ($1.8bn) to expand its generating capacity over the next four years to ward off a looming electricity deficit. Most of its regional power supply agreements expire by 2016“[South Africa’s] Eskom has told us that they could switch us off at any time. They have switched us off two times already this year but we managed to keep the lights on in Namibia without a problem,” said managing director Paulinus Shilamba. “There is no crisis, just challenges.”