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May
Martin Endjala NamPower received N$2.6 billion in World Bank funding to expand its transmission network which would enable it to integrate renewable energy into the national grid. This is the first-ever World Bank-financed energy project for Namibia and was approved on 6 May. The Transmission Expansion and Energy Storage (TEES) Project aims to improve the reliability of the country’s transmission network and enable increased integration of renewable energy into the country’s electricity system. NamPower’s managing director, Kahenge Haulofu, announced this on Monday in Windhoek. He said he welcomes the project's approval as a significant milestone in developing the approximately 465-kilometre…