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Asset classes
- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
Chokepoints
Interconnector
Botswana – Zambia interconnection
5th-largest interconnector in Botswana of 5 · top 85% worldwide (#595 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 250 MW
- Length
- 1,057 km
- Voltage
- 220 kV
- Connects to
- Zambia
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Botswana · 5 ranked
- #1Botswana – South Africa interconnection615 MW
- #3Botswana – Zambia interconnection (planned)300 MW
- #4Botswana – Zimbabwe interconnection (planned)300 MW
- #5Botswana – Zambia interconnection250 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Namibia – Zambia interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 300 MW
- Botswana – Zambia interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 300 MW
- Congo (Kinshasa) – Zambia interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 827 MW
- Lusaka Cement Plant3.0 km · Cement Plant
- Zesco Water Works5.3 km · Substation / Converter
- Lusaka West12 km · Substation / Converter
- Chilanga Cement Plant14 km · Cement Plant
- United Capital Chilanga Ammonia Plant16 km · Chemical Plant
- Scirocco Kafue Cement Plant17 km · Cement Plant
- LSMFEZ Substation19 km · Substation / Converter
On the interactive map
Planned capacity is in reference to the ZiZaBoNa project
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)