Namibia’s gas-fired power plans still just hot air

By Leigh Elston 14 April 2016
Walvis Bay, Namibia. Progress has stalled on the port’s proposed LNG-to-power project. (Jeremy Hetzel, Flickr) Walvis Bay, Namibia. Progress has stalled on the port’s proposed LNG-to-power project. (Jeremy Hetzel, Flickr)

Namibia is facing a looming electricity shortage as it is failing to make progress on either its Kudu gas-to-power project or the Walvis Bay LNG-to-power project.

"They are just a total mess," one power developer, who had been looking at potential projects in Namibia, told Interfax Natural Gas Daily.