Trekkopje in the Namib Desert.

Niël Terblanché ELECTRICITY generated by wind turbines will add to the supply of clean energy already used by Orano Mining Namibia to desalinate seawater at its plant near Wlotzkabaken. InnoSun Energy Holdings, a subsidiary of the French company InnoVent, will start work on the construction of a 10 Mega Watt wind farm at Trekkopje in the Namib Desert. The aim of the project is to supply clean electricity to the Erongo water desalination plant owned by Orano. A year ago, InnoSun signed a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Orano Mining for five MW of electricity supplied from a solar…