A selection of infrastructural information, focussing on energy provision and water consumption.
Question | Answer | Comment |
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Available free of charge | Yes | |
Downloadable | No | Only geographic locations of energy grid are downloadable, not the prices |
Publicly available | Yes | |
Openly licenced | No | |
Up-to-date | No | Nampower publishes records on energy consumption from 2016. |
In an open and machine-readable format | transmission network data provided in GeoJSON | |
location | https://www.nampower.com.na/Scada.aspx - Energy Consumption, https://www.nampower.com.na/Page.aspx?p=192 - Network | Namwater doesn't have data on it's website but I have requested them to direct me, where i can get the data. Moreover, also found data on water consumption in Namibia from FAO |
Collected by government | Yes | |
findable_steps | I have searched online and contacted the relevant authorities | |
characteristics | Power stations and electric capacity, Electricity transmission networks (geographic position), Prices | Electricity consumption: (only business report available from NamPower with total units sold in 2016 https://www.nampower.com.na/public/docs/annual-reports/Nampower2016AnnualReport_13MARCH2017.pdf Original researcher couldn't find or get anything for water consumption except records from FAO and world bank |
Controlled access | Yes | However, for water consumption you need to request it from the ministry. |
Collector name | Nampower, Namwater, | NamPower: “The Namibian market currently operates on a Single Buyer Model whereby NamPower is the generator as well as the single buyer of electricity. The power utility Nampower is seeking alternative power generation sources. Nampower has therefore embarked upon various projects aimed at ensuring that the country has a reliable supply of electricity.” Source. https://www.doingbusinessnamibia.com/energy |