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Namibia renewable energy development

Overview

Namibia is working to expand its domestic renewable energy capacity to reduce a heavy reliance on electricity imports, which accounted for 65% of the country’s power supply in August 2026.

Efforts to manage this transition include addressing regulatory gaps in the fast-growing distributed rooftop solar market. The Renewable Energy Industry Association of Namibia (REIAoN) has formed working groups to establish professional installation standards and develop net metering mechanisms, which would allow consumers to feed excess power back into the public grid.

Simultaneously, the national utility NamPower is advancing a 120 MW solar program through independent power producers. As part of this initiative, a contract for the 20 MW Naruchas solar project was awarded to a consortium led by JCM Power. This project joins other domestic investments, such as the Sores |Gaib and Omburu II solar plants, to bolster the national grid.

Entities

Namibia · NamPower · Sustainable Energy Africa · Namibia Statistics Agency · Naruchas

Timeline

  1. [BUSINESS] 5 sources
    Namibia awards 20 MW Naruchas solar project to JCM Power consortium

    A consortium led by JCM Power has won the contract for Namibia's 20 MW Naruchas solar project to help reduce the country's 65% reliance on imported electricity.

  2. [BUSINESS] 3 sources
    Namibia seeks to regulate fast-growing distributed solar market

    Namibia's renewable energy industry is launching working groups to regulate a rapidly growing rooftop solar market and improve net metering and installation standards.

Sources

afrikactus.com · businesstechafrica.co.za · ecofinagency.com · oilnewskenya.com · pv-magazine.com · thebrief.com.na