[KEB Press Release] The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded a grant to Kalahari Energy Botswana in support of the development of a power plant in Botswana that will generate electricity using indigenous coalbed methane.

[USTDA Press Release] Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to Kalahari Energy Botswana for a feasibility study of a power plant that will generate up to 100 megawatts of electricity using indigenous coalbed methane.

The Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security wishes to assure interested stakeholders that it remains committed to the development of the Coal Bed Methane (CBM)-fuelled pilot power plants.

The Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security wishes to inform members of the public, that development of Pilot Coal Bed Methane (CBM) fuelled power plants is still undergoing procurement and progressing well.

Kalahari Energy Botswana (www.keb.co.bw), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sekaname (Pty) Ltd, has been notified by the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security that it has been awarded Preferred Bidder status for the construction of a CBM-fuelled, IPP-owned power plant in Botswana.