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“Look at Europe, [which is] sending vessels Meanwhile, Sasol is searching for natural gas
coming down to Africa to get coal,” Moagi said supplies to replace the coal it uses to produce
in an interview. According to the minister, a fuels in an effort to lower the company’s envi-
quick transition away from fossil fuel isn’t prac- ronmental footprint, Bloomberg notes.
tical, as many people’s livelihoods depend on it. Sasol’s Secunda complex in Mpumalanga
“You have to balance between cleaner tech- province of South Africa is the largest coal lique-
nologies, between ensuring that the carbon faction plant and one of the largest single emit-
emissions are reduced, but it can’t just be a clean ters of greenhouse gas in the world. ™
sweep,” he said
Bloomberg noted that this view echoes a
common argument in Africa, where many pub-
lic figures have railed against foreign financiers
who decline to fund projects that involve fossil
fuels even though the continent is only respon-
sible for about 3% of global greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions.
The government first planned to own the
plant entirely but decided to invite private part-
ners after the project was prioritised in order
to grow the economy. Botswana, the world’s
second-biggest producer of diamonds, plans to
increase its energy mix to almost 40% renewa-
bles by 2036.
While seeking investors for the CTL pro-
ject, the government will start a national energy
usage study on November 1 to identify areas for
off-grid renewable energy sources, such as solar
and biogas, the minister said. Moagi hopes the CTL plant will cut fuel imports (Photo: Facebook/@lefoko.moagi)

Uganda, Tanzania sign MoU on conversion

of Namanve TPP into gas production unit

AFRICA UGANDA’S government plans to convert the has revealed.
Namanve thermal power plant (TPP) into an “I will be unveiling the whole plan of the
LNG production unit and has signed a memo- Namanve Thermal Power Plant, which uses fos-
randum of understanding (MoU) with the gov- sil fuel. I cannot keep quiet when we are convert-
ernment of Tanzania with the aim of supporting ing it into clean energy using natural gas,” she
the project, Energy Minister Ruth Nankabirwa was quoted as saying by Business Daily.

Ugandan authorities regained control of the TPP in 2021 (Photo: UEGC)

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