Oman-based renewables firm Naqaa Sustainable Energy has been named as the lead developer of a 500MW PV plant in Botswana. Local media, citing Botswana’s Ministry of Minerals and Energy, have reported that the Omani firm will design, finance, build, and operate what would be, by some distance, the southern African country’s largest PV power plant. Few details of the project have been made public, but reports indicate that it will be built near the town of Maun in northern Botswana and feature an integrated battery energy storage unit. The genesis of the project stems from an agreement inked late last year between Omani and Botswanan authorities to develop solar, wind, and battery storage projects with a combined production capacity of up to 3GW in Botswana. A key signatory of that agreement was O-Green, a clean energy company backed by Oman’s sovereign wealth fund, founded in 2025 to lead on clean energy projects and technology development at home and abroad. O-Green owns Naqaa Sustainable Energy, which has been mandated to deliver a gigawatt-scale portfolio of wind, solar and energy storage projects across Oman, the Gulf and Africa, according to the company’s website. O-Green has two other subsidiaries: Mawarid Green Technologies, which specialises in wind turbines and other green energy technologies, and SolarWadi, which leads the development and commissioning of renewable projects, according to the company website. According to the Botswana government, the country’s president, Duma Gideon Buko, is of today (13 April) in the middle of a visit to Oman to sign cooperation agreements between the two countries covering, among other areas, solar energy. Botswana is courting investment in its nascent renewables industry from other countries, with India’s KP Group a recent signatory to a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on 5GW of renewables projects in the country. Norwegian firm Scatec has recently reached full commercial operation for the two-phase, 120MW Mmadinare Solar Cluster it has built in Botswana, while a Chinese and Botswanan consortium is working on a 100MW PV project near the diamond-mining town of Jwaneng in the south of the country. PV Tech has contacted the relevant Omani and Botswanan parties for further detail on the Maun project.

总部位于阿曼的可再生能源公司Naqaa Sustainable Energy已被指定为博茨瓦纳一座500兆瓦光伏电站的主要开发商。 据当地媒体援引博茨瓦纳矿产和能源部的消息报道，这家阿曼公司将负责设计、融资、建设和运营这座电站，建成后它将成为博茨瓦纳迄今为止规模最大的光伏电站。 目前该项目的细节尚未公开，但有报道称，电站将建在博茨瓦纳北部城镇马翁附近，并配备集成式电池储能装置。 该项目的缘起是阿曼和博茨瓦纳政府去年底签署的一项协议，旨在博茨瓦纳开发总装机容量高达3吉瓦的太阳能、风能和电池储能项目。 该协议的关键签署方之一是O-Green，这是一家由阿曼主权财富基金支持的清洁能源公司，成立于2025年，旨在引领国内外清洁能源项目和技术开发。 据O-Green官网介绍，该公司旗下拥有Naqaa Sustainable Energy，后者负责在阿曼、海湾地区和非洲交付吉瓦级风能、太阳能和储能项目组合。 O-Green还有两家子公司：Mawarid Green Technologies，专注于风力涡轮机和其他绿色能源技术；以及SolarWadi，负责可再生能源项目的开发和调试。 据博茨瓦纳政府消息，该国总统杜马·吉迪恩·布科（Duma Gideon Buko）于今日（4月13日）访问阿曼，签署两国合作协议，合作领域包括太阳能等。 博茨瓦纳正积极吸引其他国家投资其新兴的可再生能源产业。印度KP集团近期签署了一份谅解备忘录，将在博茨瓦纳合作开发5吉瓦的可再生能源项目。 挪威Scatec公司在博茨瓦纳建设的120兆瓦Mmadinare太阳能集群项目已于近期全面投入商业运营。该项目分两期建设。与此同时，一个由中国和博茨瓦纳公司组成的联合体正在博茨瓦纳南部钻石矿小镇Jwaneng附近开发一个100兆瓦的光伏项目。