Financial close for Botswana’s first solar project

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Scatec ASA has reached financial close on the first 60MW of the 120MW Mmadinare Solar Complex in the Mmadinare District, Botswana.The plant will be located close to the former mining town of Selebi-Phikwe, 400km northeast of capital Gaborone. The project is the first utility-scale solar project in...

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