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  1. Namibia :

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    Sat, 1 May 1999

    Namibia : Construction of the 400 kV power line between Windhoek and Namibia `s border with South Africa should be completed by the end ..... Keetmanshoop, is nearing completion. The project will help remedy Namibia `s electricity shortfall.

  2. Funds for Namibia -SA link

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    Tue, 1 Dec 1998

    Funds for Namibia -SA link Namibia `s electricity utility, NamPower, has signed a N$320m ..... will extend the line by a further 900 km. With demand rising in Namibia , the power line will enhance supplies to the country and reinforce

  1. Namibia

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    Tue, 1 Sep 1998

    Namibia Shell exploration and Production Namibia has announced plans for a 750 MW power station near Oranjemund. The plant would use natural gas from the offshore Kudu gas field, and would export half of its output to South Africa. If it goes

  2. Namibia

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    Thu, 1 Jul 1999

    Namibia NamPower has successfully energised the first phase of the £100m ($161m ..... from Kenhardt in South Africa to Kokerboom substation near Keetmanshoop in Namibia . The project, implemented with help from Mott MacDonald, will enter its

  3. Namibia :

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    Thu, 1 Apr 1999

    Namibia : Nampower has said that it will invest N$1.8bn ($288m) over the next three years in the expansion and upgrading of its transmission systems. The investment is needed to support growing power demand in the country in regions where economic growth is strong.

  4. Namibia

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    Fri, 1 Jan 1999

    Namibia A feasibility study of the planned Epupa hydropower scheme has found that the "environmentally damaging" Epupa Falls dam site is more economically viable than an alternative site downstream. The government will decide this year whether to go ahead with the project.

  5. Zambia to get $100m transmission line upgrade

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    Mon, 21 May 2012

    the only major electricity connection in south-western Zambia and its upgrade will enable power to be traded with nearby Namibia via the Caprivi interconnector. The upgrade, which is due for completion in 2014, will boost capacity from the current 120

  6. International

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    Tue, 1 Feb 2011

    central Iraq, under a $445m contract signed on 13 January. Namibia : A consortium including Japan’s Sojitz, United Africa Group ..... South Korean power company are to build a 44 MW wind farm in Namibia . The $145.7m facility will be located in Luderitz. Oman

  7. Fukushima fallout fails to dim nuclear's long-term prospects

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    Thu, 1 Sep 2011

    continent now turning towards nuclear energy include Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Sudan, Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, Uganda and Namibia . Rosatom is angling to build Africa’s second nuclear plant in Nigeria, which holds 7 per cent of the world’s uranium

  8. Sub-Saharan Africa hungers for power

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    Sat, 1 Oct 2011

    that will force change. Eskom currently exports 6 per cent of its electricity to countries including Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia , Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia – a figure that is expected to total about 13 TWh this year. But as South Africans