Namibia and Angola sign agreement for 400 kV interconnector

Namibia Power Corporation and Rede Nacional de Transporte de Electricidade have signed an agreement to develop the Angola Namibia Power Interconnector Project. The project involves construction of a 166 km, 400 kV cross border transmission line between the Kunene substation in Namibia and the Cahama substation in Angola, along with a 270 km transmission line within Namibia. The project is valued at USD 58 million and is expected to enable power transfer capacity of up to 500 MW and support electricity trade within the Southern African power pool.