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OKAHANDJA, 04 JUL (NAMPA) - The Osona Solar Power Plant, located west of Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa Region, will add five Megawatts (MW) to the national grid, which is enough to power the town of Okahandja during the day. A visit on Saturday for an update on the project by InnoSun revealed that operations at the 21 600 solar panels that span over an area of 16 hectares are expected to be up and running by mid August. InnoSun, a French company specialising in renewable energy, signed a 25-year power supply agreement with national power utility, NamPower, and was also involved in building the Omburu Solar Power Plant close to Omaruru in 2015. InnoSun Managing Director (MD), Thomas Verhaeghe said it is important to note how the project will use the abundant Namibian sun to add power to the national grid. "This Photovoltaic Power (VP) plant here will generate electricity that will be injected into the NamPower network. The energy generated by the Namibian sun will be delivered to the Namibian nation," Verhaeghe said. InnoSun also signed the first Independent Power Producer (IPP) agreement with NamPower to supply electricity by means of solar and wind energy to the national network. FL/LI/CT (Edited by: Francois Lottering) NAMPA