Location
Namibia / Africa
Project record
Luderitz renewable-energy SWRO and marine studies
Luderitz Town Council; exact May 2026 feasibility-study visit
NamWater and Toyota Tsusho are studying a renewable-energy seawater-desalination plant for Luderitz. Toyota Tsusho's study was selected under Japan's METI Global South programme in February 2026. Luderitz Town Council describes an envisaged approximately 100,000 m3/day plant and photovoltaic facility, a February 2027 feasibility-study target and land allocated to NamWater. A separate NamWater procurement sought bathymetric surveying and salinity-dispersion modelling for proposed SWRO sites. Marine-study consultant, contractual relationship between the two workstreams, final site, intake and outfall geometry, EPC award and construction start remain undisclosed.
Segment
Marine utilities
Status
Toyota Tsusho feasibility study active; marine-site consultant, selected site and delivery awards remain unconfirmed / Confirmed
Last checked
28 July 2026
Coverage
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Marine utilities is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.
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Project anatomy
Contract scope and delivery roles
- Client / authority
- NamWater, with Luderitz Town Council providing the local land and municipal interface
- Delivery parties
- Toyota Tsusho - METI-supported renewable-energy seawater-desalination feasibility-study proponent; no EPC or marine-investigation award established, SC/RP/NW-011/2026 marine-site investigation consultant - not publicly identified
- Contract route
- Dual early-development routes. Toyota Tsusho's feasibility study was selected under METI's FY2024 supplementary-budget Global South Future-Oriented Co-Creation programme and follows a November 2025 MoU with NamWater. NamWater separately issued public RFP SC/RP/NW-011/2026 for bathymetric surveying and salinity-dispersion modelling. Their contractual relationship and the RFP award remain undisclosed.
- Execution window
- Luderitz Town Council expects the feasibility study to finish by February 2027 and describes permitting and construction activity between 2028 and 2031. Those dates are an early local-authority expectation, not evidence of a completed feasibility decision, approved environmental programme, funded EPC schedule or notice to proceed.
- Works package
- Study a renewable-energy seawater-desalination plant and water-supply infrastructure for municipal, industrial and green-hydrogen demand. The Council describes an envisaged approximately 100,000 m3/day output and photovoltaic facility. NamWater's separate marine-study RFP covers bathymetry and salinity-dispersion assessment at proposed SWRO sites. Final process capacity, intake and outfall alignments, pipeline lengths, diffuser arrangement, shore crossing, pumping, power configuration and construction quantities remain open.
- Marine interfaces
- Site selection must reconcile nearshore bathymetry, intake-water quality, brine dispersion, coastal and seabed constraints, land allocated to NamWater, photovoltaic and plant layout, product-water transmission and the operating limits of the existing Koichab supply. The missing evidence chain runs from survey control and hydrodynamic modelling through environmental clearance, reference design, marine package procurement, installation, hydraulic testing, plume compliance and sustained water delivery.
- Commercial evidence boundary
- The project now has a named feasibility-study proponent, a public-sector client, an official capacity concept and a local land signal, but not a bankable marine package. Near-term opportunities are more likely to sit in hydrography, geotechnical and metocean work, dispersion modelling, environmental studies, concept and reference design, renewable-power integration and transaction support than in construction. Consultant award, study team, final site and procurement model are the next commercially material disclosures.
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogLuderitz Town Council published the local feasibility baseline
The Council linked the study to the NamWater-Toyota Tsusho MoU, described an approximately 100,000 m3/day plant and photovoltaic facility, gave a February 2027 study target and identified land allocated to NamWater. It did not approve construction or disclose a marine design.
SourceToyota Tsusho confirmed METI programme selection
The official release established Toyota Tsusho as the feasibility-study proponent for renewable-energy seawater desalination and supply infrastructure in the Karas Region. It did not identify a plant site, capacity, marine-study award or EPC role.
SourceNamWater issued the Luderitz SWRO marine-study RFP
SC/RP/NW-011/2026 opened a separate consultancy route for bathymetry and salinity-dispersion assessment. The public page confirms the procurement, while consultant selection and an executed contract remain unverified.
SourceEvidence gap
What remains unverified
Outstanding evidence
- SC/RP/NW-011/2026 consultant award, opening record or executed contract
- Relationship between the NamWater marine RFP and Toyota Tsusho feasibility study
- February 2027 feasibility-study conclusion and owner decision
- Selected plant site and confirmation of the Council-allocated land parcel
- Nearshore bathymetry, geotechnical and metocean study results
- Intake and outfall alignment, capacity, pipeline and diffuser reference design
- Salinity-plume modelling, environmental clearance and marine permits
- Renewable-power configuration and grid or storage interface
- Financing, procurement model and EPC or marine package awards
- Construction notice to proceed, marine mobilisation, testing and accepted water output
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Source collections
Project sources 4
- Toyota Tsusho projects selected under METI Global South feasibility programme Toyota Tsusho, 5 March 2026
- Toyota means business Luderitz Town Council, 19 May 2026
- RFP for bathymetric surveying and salinity-dispersion modelling of proposed Luderitz SWRO sites NamWater, 22 September 2025; closing page reviewed 28 July 2026
- Agate Park township establishment environmental scoping report Luderitz Town Council / Environmental Information Service Namibia, 2026