Two Chinese companies have been awarded tenders for the expansion of Morupule Power Station, while Government will tap into the massive Caborra Bassa power station in Mozambique, the Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Ponatshego Kedikilwe, said at a briefing of business representatives in Gaborone on Monday. Kedikilwe told the BOCCIM prompted session that government intended to fast-track and incentivise the contractors to speed up the first phase of the 300MW project ... The Botswana Power Corporation has also entered into a bartering arrangement with a power station in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, in terms of which the BPC will supply it with coal in return for power supply. The BPC is also engaged in negotiations with a bigger power station at Hwange near Bulawayo, also in Zimbabwe. Botswana's sole power utility is looking at investing in the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Organisation (ZESCO), which operates the Hwange Power Station. The Namibian power utility NamPower has invested US$40 million - approximately P256.8 million - in the same power station. Kedikilwe disclosed that the BPC had successfully negotiated a contract for the supply of 35MW from Mozambique's massive Caborra Bassa power station and that plans were afoot to increase the supply to 50MW by the end of the year, escalating to 200MW in due course  ...