Electrawinds Applies for Wind Power License in Namibia

Namibia is set to let the wind power its sails as it were, if a Belgian firm has anything to say about it. Electrawinds is planning to spend €120-million on wind energy plants along the Namibian coast.

Electrawinds has submitted an application for a license to Namibia’s energy regulator, the Electricity Control Board (ECB). The ECB has confirmed that it is reviewing Electrawinds’ license application.

If the Belgian firm’s license application is approved the electricity generated will be sold to Namibia’s power company, NamPower. The company plans initially to set up two wind farms with a capacity of 50 MW each in Luederitz and Walvis Bay, using gearless wind turbines imported from Enercon of Germany.

The ECB and the Ministry of Mines and Energy early this year awarded its first license to privately owned company Aeolus Power Generation Namibia for wind energy generation. The company is a JV between Aeolus Association, a Dutch firm, and Namibia’s United Africa Group. The JV is expected to provide 300 MW of wind generated electricity from Oranjemund and Luderitz starting in October 2008.

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