Namibia is looking to increase its off-grid solar market with the country’s Energy Minister IsakKatali speaking at the 26-kW Soitec PV pilot project in Windhoek. The minister said that with the solar irradiance of 3,000 kWh per sq meter annually, Namibia had plenty of solar resource to help rural areas not connected to the grid. He said that solar, wind, and biomass IPPs are encouraged to invest in renewable energy projects like Soitec’s.
He said: “I would therefore like to request the project partners to consider replicating this project in other suitable areas, particularly to remote villages in the country that are far away from the national grid. I am aware of the huge financial implications of such projects, but I’m convinced that through forming partnerships this can be realized."
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