Recent News and Developments - August 2008: The RE-Botswana
Renewable Energy-based Rural Electrification project is a
collaborative project between the Government of Botswana, United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment
Facility (GEF) with Botswana Power Corporation as the
implementing agency. The programme aims to remove barriers to
the utilization of renewable and clean energy in Botswana. A key
output of this strategy is to develop BPC Lesedi, a rural energy
services company, for the commercial provision of basic energy
services including solar electricity and efficient cooking
appliances. The efficient cooking appliances will be offered to
an estimated 50,000 rural households. In some cases they will be
combined with a small solar electric system as part of an
affordable energy package designed to meet the basic energy
needs of the rural customer. The following two efficient cooking
appliances will be offered: - Hot Bag - being a thermally
insulated bag or portable container des