Development of Xaris Energy’s
beleaguered 250-megawatt
LNG-to-power project in Walvis
Bay Namibia is back on track after
it won a 16-month court battle
challenging the decision to award
it the tender.
Rival developer, Arandis
Power, argued that Nambia’s
power parastal, NamPower, had
wrongfully awarded the tender.
The tender for the US$400m
gas-to-power project in Walvis
Bay – to plug Namibia’s shortterm
energy deficit – was awarded
last year but the protracted battle
delayed the development which
Xaris says has the potential
to boost Namibia’s economic
development and diversification by
sparking off a whole new industry.
“Using the project’s gas storage
and transportation infrastructure,
natural gas could be supplied to
independent power producers,
factories, mines and households,”
said Boni Paulino, chairman of
Xaris Energy.
He added that Namibia would
even be in a position to export
natural gas to other Southern
African Development Community
(SADC) countries seeking to
diversify their power supply.
Managing director of Xaris
Energy, Hennie Steyn, said
that the company would now
“actively pursue engagement with
NamPower to finalise the Power
Purchase Agreement”
Namibia’s LNG-to-power project back on track
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