Botswana is seeking to secure funding partners for a $2.5-billion plant to produce synthetic fuels from coal, a plan rekindled by the energy crisis playing out in Europe, according to its energy minister. The southern African nation has for nearly a decade discussed tapping its extensive coal resources to produce fuels to displace costly imports. That would follow the example of neighbor South Africa, which developed coal-to-liquids technology through Sasol Government efforts to realise the project have accelerated since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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