NAMPOWER is upgrading its transmission infrastructure to enable a steady bulk electricity supply to the Erongo region through the Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (Erongored).
This is in the form of an indoor substation which is currently under construction near the Walvis Bay-Swakopmund backroad.
The construction of the substation is valued at N$65 million.
NamPower’s chief operation officer, Fritz Jacobs, says the Sekelduin substation will enable the power utility to meet current and future electricity supply needs.
“The substation will become the main transmission supply to the existing NamPower Swakopmund and Tamariskia substations, NamWater south bulk water supply scheme feeding the new Husab uranium mine and the ErongoRed 33kV medium voltage reticulation,” he says.
The construction of the substation started in July 2021 and is due for completion in January 2023.
Jacobs says the substation would also feed electricity through two parallel 132kV overhead power lines from the existing Kuiseb substation near Walvis Bay.
The construction of the two power lines is the second part of the project, and is expected to be completed by February 2024.
This is expected to cost the power utility N$60 million.
“NamPower will continue to prioritise the planning, development and maintenance of its generation and transmission infrastructure, which are central to its operation as part of delivery on its mandate,” he says.
Erongored chief executive officer Fessor Mbango says the regional power distributor will be the main beneficiary of the Sekelduin substation.
“We are aware that Swakopmund, as well as Walvis Bay and surrounding businesses, are growing. We will be in the position to be able to supply them with the demand that is required. If the backbone is strengthened, we will be able to make sure the demand downstream is catered for,” he says.
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