List of power plants in Namibia

This is a list of the current and planned power plants in Namibia .

The energy of Namibia made solely by the state electric utility Namibia Power Corporation and its regional subsidiaries. The power supply in rural areas is still largely ensured by individually operated generators and solar energy .

A large part of the required electrical energy is obtained on the basis of an agreement mainly from Zimbabwe (150 MW) and from the South African electricity supplier Eskom as well as from Zambia . Numerous contracts expire by 2016, so that more power plants are to be expanded and newly built in their own country . Currently (as of December 2015) a maximum of 511 MW can be  produced by own power plants. Between 1990 and 2009 Namibia imported an average of 48 percent of its electricity requirements, between 2010 and 2017 it was 38 percent.

The annual consumption in Namibia was 611 MW in 2015 , of which up to 80 percent can now be covered by our own power plants at peak times. The demand is to rise to 879 MW by 2020. The power supply is considered safe due to sufficient imports.

Current situation

All of southern Africa will face energy shortages for the next 15 years. The construction of the Grand Inga power plant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could solve some of the bottleneck. The Namibian electricity supplier Nampower has already warned of bottlenecks and suggested a reduction in electricity consumption of at least 10%. The entire SADC is projected to have a financial requirement of 170 billion US dollars to build new power plants and electricity grids.

Power plants

KW name	Power in MW	Location	operator	status	Art	image
Old Renewable Hardap	37-45.5	at Mariental	Old Renawable Hardap	Commissioning in June 2019	Photovoltaics
Anixas	22.5	Walvis Bay	NamPower	Commissioning August 2011	diesel power
Arandis	3	Arandis	OLC Solar Energy	Commissioning June 2017	Photovoltaics
Exterior sweeping	5	with exterior sweeping	InnoSun	in operation since the end of 2017	Photovoltaics
Benguela Wind Power Demonstration Project	0.0105	Luderitz	u. a. University of Namibia	Commissioning in September 2017	Wind energy
Ejuva I + II	10	Gobabis	Ejuva	Commissioning September 2018	Photovoltaics
Greenam Keetmanshoop	10	Keetmanshoop	Greenam Electricity	2018	Photovoltaics	Powerplant 1 Powerplant 2
Greenam Mariental	10	Mariental	Greenam Electricity	Commissioning March 2018	Photovoltaics
HopSol solar park Karibib	5	Caribib	HopSol Power Generation	Commissioning on June 9, 2017	Photovoltaics
HopSol solar park Otjiwarongo	5	Otjiwarongo	HopSol Power Generation	Commissioning November 2015	Photovoltaics
InnoSun Omburu	4.5	Omaruru	InnoSun	Commissioning May 2015	Photovoltaics
Ombepo	5	Luderitz	InnoSun	Commissioning on August 3, 2017	Wind power
Osona Plant	5	Okahandja	InnoSun	Commissioning August 2016	Photovoltaics
Otjozondjupa Solar Park	5	Grootfontein	HopSol Power Generation	Commissioning July 2016	Photovoltaics
Outapi Solar Plant	5	Outapi	Camelthorn Business Ventures	Commissioning July 2018	Photovoltaics
Paratus	20th	Walvis Bay	NamPower		Thermal power from fossil fuels
Rosh Pinah PV	5	Rosh Pinah	AEE Power	Commissioning August 2017	Photovoltaics
Ruacana	247	Ruacana , on the Kunene	NamPower	General overhaul completed in May 2014	Hydropower
Ruacana (extension)	92	Ruacana, on the Kunene	NamPower	Commissioning in March 2012	Hydropower
Trekkopje	5.78	Trekkopje	Enertronica Group	Commissioning August 2018	Photovoltaics
Trekkopje Solar Project	5	Arandis	SertumEnergy Namibia	Commissioning October 2019	Photovoltaics
Van Eck	120	Windhoek	NamPower	General overhaul completed in mid-2015	Coal power
TOTAL	628.78-635.28

Future power plants

Under construction

KW name	Power in MW	Location	operator	status	Art
Ruacana (extension)	15th	Ruacana , on the Kunene	NamPower	Commissioning was planned for 2014	Hydropower
Diaz wind farm	44	near Lüderitz	United Africa , Sojitz , KOMIPO	The start of construction was planned for the end of 2012; Preparations completed in June 2017; Start of construction December 2017	Wind power
OLC Tsumeb	6.4	at Tsumeb	OLC Solar Energy	Start of construction in early 2017	Photovoltaics
TOTAL	70.4

Planned

KW name	Power in MW	Location	operator	status	Art
Agrekko	150	Walvis Bay	Agrekko	planned	Diesel power
Anixas II	50	Walvis Bay	Nampower	Commissioning planned for March 2021	Diesel power
Arandis Power	120	east of Arandis		Construction will start around the end of 2020	Heavy fuel oil power plant
Arandis	300	at Arandis	NamPower	first planning published in November 2015 [outdated]	Solar heating
Baynes	600	Baynesberge , the Kunene	NamPower and Angolan partner	Planned start of construction in 2021, commissioning in 2025	Hydropower
Divundu	020th	Divunde , on the Okavango	NamPower	planned	Hydropower
Orange	080-200	Orange		planned together with South Africa	Hydropower
HopSol solar park Khorixas	01	at Khorixas	HopSol Power Generation	Start of construction planned for October 2015 [outdated]	Photovoltaics
HopSol solar park Otavi	02	at Otavi	HopSol Power Generation	Start of construction planned for October 2015 [outdated]	Photovoltaics
HopSol solar park Outjo	02	at Outjo	HopSol Power Generation	Start of construction planned for October 2015 [outdated]	Photovoltaics
HopSol solar park Tsumeb	05	at Tsumeb	HopSol Power Generation	Start of construction planned for October 2015 [outdated]	Photovoltaics
InnoSun restricted area	150-500	in the restricted area national park	InnoSun	Start of construction planned for 2016 [outdated]	wind
Kudu gas field	800	Oranjemund	NamPower (cooperation with Gazprom , NAMCOR , Tullow Oil )	Commissioning was planned for 2017/2018. In September 2015, further planning was discontinued due to a cost explosion. Planning resumed in September 2016.	Gas power
unknown	unknown	Erongo region		planned for 2018 [obsolete]	Nuclear power
Lüderitz Wind	040	near Lüderitz	Nampower	Commissioning planned for 2022	Wind energy
Omburu II	020th	at Omaruru	Nampower	Commissioning planned for 2020	Photovoltaics
Otjikoto biomass	040	at Tsumeb	Nampower	Commissioning planned for 2020	Biomass power plant
Thermal power station coast	250	at Walvis Bay	Nampower	Commissioning planned for 2016 [obsolete] [obsolete]	Thermal power plant
Trekkopje Solar Project (extension)	22nd	Arandis	SertumEnergy Namibia	Start of construction planned for 2017	Photovoltaics
Otjiwarongo	40	Otjiwarongo	NamPower	Construction announced in May 2017	Bioenergy
Otavi	20th	Otavi	NamPower	Construction announced in May 2017	Bioenergy
Arandis	150	Arandis	NamPower	Construction announced in May 2017	Solar heat
unknown	20th	Rehoboth or Gobabis	IPP (NamPower)		Photovoltaics
unknown	50	Luderitz	IPP (NamPower)		Wind energy

Set plans

KW name	Power in MW	Location	operator	status	Art
Arandis	up to 800	at Arandis		The start of construction was planned for 2012, further planning was stopped in March 2013, and planning was discontinued in November 2015	Coal power
Greentower	400	at Arandis		originally planned for 2012	Updraft power plant
Sitentu Power Plant	900	at Walvis Bay		Commissioning was planned for 2015 [out of date]	Combined gas and steam power
Xaris power plant	250	Dune 7 , at Walvis Bay	Xaris Energy Namibia	Commissioning was planned for 2016; Government made plans due to cost explosion in May 2015 completed a new recording of the project in January 2016 and implementation to 2018 planned; abandoned all planning in February 2018.	Gas power

Web links

• Ministry of Mines and Energy (English)
• Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower )
• Erongo RED (English)
• CENORED (English)
• NoRED (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ More electricity for Angola. In: Allgemeine Zeitung. August 9, 2011.
2. ↑ Speech by Kornelia Shilunga, Vice Minister for Energy, at the opening of the photovoltaic system near Mariental, June 20, 2019.
3. ↑ January 19, 2016 - Morning News. Hitradio Namibia, January 19, 2016.
4. ↑ Media Release, Ministry of Mines & Energy of the Republic of Namibia, December 14, 2015
5. ↑ Anixas power plant supplies electricity . Allgemeine Zeitung, August 24, 2011
6. ^ OLC Solar energy project for Arandis. Confidenté, December 1, 2016.
7. ↑ Researchers contemplate wind power in Lüderitz. The Namibia, August 5, 2016, p. 23
8. ↑ Two solar plants opened in Namibia. Engineering News, August 23, 2018.
9. ↑ HopSol project page , accessed on November 25, 2016
10. ↑ Solar power from Omaruru. Allgemeine Zeitung, January 15, 2014 ( Memento from January 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
11. ^ Rapid progress on new solar plants. The Namibian, May 17, 2016.
12. ↑ Soon 90 MW more
13. ^ Bank Windhoek finances 5, 78 MW Solar Plant. Bank Windhoek, September 26, 2018.
14. ↑ Work starts on new solar farm near Arandis. The Namibian, May 19, 2016.
15. ^ Project Information - UAG Diaz Wind Farm. World Bank, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2015
16. ↑ Third diesel power plant for Walvis Bay. Allgemeine Zeitung, November 1, 2013 ( Memento of November 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on November 12, 2013
17. ^ Arandis Power responds to environmental concerns. New Era, February 13, 2020.
18. ↑ "Green" option suggested. Allgemeine Zeitung, June 15, 2016. ( Memento from June 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
19. ^ Namibia, Angola to develop cross-border Baynes hydroelectric dam. Construction Review, March 20, 2020.
20. ↑ Further projects for power generation in Namibia in planning or under construction, Allgemeine Zeitung, November 15, 2010
21. ↑ ^{a b c d} Cenored bets big on solar to avoid power crisis. The Namibian, September 16, 2015 ( Memento of March 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
22. ↑ Kudu Gas
23. ↑ Kudugas Project Before Change, Allgemeine Zeitung, December 18, 2009 ( Memento from February 21, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
24. ↑ Kudugas instead of coal. Allgemeine Zeitung, March 13, 2013 Retrieved March 14, 2013
25. ^ Why finance is against Kudu. The Namibian, September 21, 2015 ( Memento of October 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
26. ↑ Namibia: Nation Embarks On Nuclear Policy, allAfrica.com, January 5, 2011
27. ↑ Fact Sheet Otjikoto Biomass Power Station. Nampower. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
28. ↑ 4/16/2014 morning news. Hitradio Namibia, April 16, 2014 ( memento from April 16, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) accessed on April 16, 2014
29. ↑ Work starts on new solar farm near Arandis. The Namibian, May 19, 2016.
30. ↑ ^{a b c} Namibia to build three plants to boost electricity security. The Namibian, May 2, 2017. (English)
31. ↑ Hahn & Hahn is planning two solar towers
32. ↑ Gigantic power plant planned. Allgemeine Zeitung, August 9, 2012
33. ↑ Official website of the Walvis Bay Power Plant Project (English)
34. ^ Gas-powered electricity plant for Walvis Bay. The Namibian, March 18, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2015
35. ↑ NamPower cancels Xaris. Namibian, March 1, 2018.