Namibia looking to develop CSP with storage

Following South Africa’s concentrated solar power (CSP) success in the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme, Namibian utility NamPower and the Ministry of Mines and Energy are working on a CSP plant of at least 50 MW with energy storage capabilities. South Africa has five CSP plants under construction and one in operation. This has pushed Namibia to look at their own performance and towards the end of 2014 NamPower, together with its project partners, reviewed the priority locations by considering the criteria that maximized the value of the first plant in the Namibian network.