A power substation in an otherwise flat and empty desert
{"Image ImageDescription": "Power in Namibia is generated and supplied by NamPower, who supplies electricity to the mining and industrial sectors as well as the rural parts of the country. Namibia has Africa\u2019s third highest electrification level at 20 percent. NamPower has set out to address the challenges of a restructured Namibian electricity supply industry, and is actively embarking on ways to raise electricity generation capacity in the country. With this in mind, Namibia aims to develop renewable energy, particularly wind power, and increase rural electrification. Namibia is also a member of the Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP), allowing for greater integration in interconnection infrastructure expanding generation capacity in the country. The Ruacana Hydroelectric station on the Kunene River generates electricity in Namibia of which excess is exported to South Africa. The coal-fired, Van Eck, thermal station at Windhoek also supplies the country with electricity together with small diesel units around the country. Wind power and solar energy can also be harnessed as other energy sources. Two wind measurement stations have been installed at Walvis Bay and Luderitz and a solar measurement station at Noordoewer. Solar energy is vital in supplying power to distant places. Namibia is highly dependent on electricity imports from South Africa and the government has recently stated that it aims to meet 100 percent of the peak demand with locally produced power by 2010. Generation from within the country has become increasingly difficult as coal import prices have increased and the flow in the Kunene has been variable, making hydro generation unpredictable.", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.0 (Windows)", "Image DateTime": "2012:10:06 07:20:18", "Image Artist": "Andy Nixon", "Image Copyright": "\u00a9 2012 Andy Nixon", "Image ExifOffset": "1890", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "300", "Thumbnail YResolution": "300", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "2090", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "9222", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2010:05:13 12:09:00", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2010:05:13 12:09:00", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "50", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "50"}