Towards a Diversified Economy: A preliminary assessment of the potential, prospects and challenges of electricity exports from Botswana

Margaret Sengwketse ()
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Margaret Sengwketse: Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis

No 39, Working Papers from Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis

Abstract: The paper assesses the prospects and challenges of coal-fired power exports in Botswana. Specifically, the study analyses how supply factors, that is, resource availability; environmental concerns; infrastructure and technology as well as demand factors are likely to affect the development of thermal power exports in Botswana. The study concludes that coal resources are sufficient to support exports of thermal power and that technology on coal-fired power plants is available, reliable and mature. However, environmental concerns associated with coal-fired power generation; the high costs of construction and maintenance of power plants; regional demand factors, including the increasing competition from renewable sources of energy are major factors in the feasibility of the development of coal-fired electricity exports in Botswana.

Keywords: Botswana; Economic diversification; Electricity exports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2014-07
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