The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank have jointly announced a groundbreaking initiative that promises to reshape Africa’s energy landscape and accelerate green industrialisation. W...
Government, through the Solar Revolving Fund (SRF), has so far financed a total of 5,628 solar energy systems countrywide amounting to N$167.8 million. Director of Energy Funds in the Ministry of Indu...
Namibia took yet another step towards achieving energy sufficiency goals with the recent addition of the 25-megawatt (MW) Khan Solar photovoltaic (PV) Plant in Usakos. The solar plant, named after Mos...
The new N$1.25 billon 54 megawatt Anixas II Thermal Power Station at Walvis Bay will go a long way in providing dispatchable and reliable generation capacity to the Namibian grid, thereby improving se...
Africa’s solar sector is gaining momentum, with annual installations set to grow by 42% in 2025 according to a new report published by the Global Solar Council (GSC). The ‘Africa Market Outloo...
The inaugural SADC Sustainable Energy Week (SEW), hosted by the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE), in collaboration with Botswana’s Ministry of Minerals and Energy and...
by Conrad Roedern Electric vehicles (EVs) come with so many advantages: much lower cost for maintenance and fuel, no CO2 emissions if driven on green electricity and potentially saving Namibia billion...
The Editor and the Etango Team joins the rest of the nation and the global village in mourning the passing of a true legend – the Founding Father of independent Namibia. So much has been said ab...
The Renewable Energy Industry Association’s long-serving dedicated Chairperson Jan Barend Scheepers stepped down from his position on 9 December, 2024, and has been replaced by Jean Basson, the Mana...
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) has issued a new ministerial wish-list for procuring new power generation projects as Namibia strives towards ensuring an uninterrupted supply of energy at affor...