[1] The power station is located near the town of Palapye, in the Central District, approximately 270 kilometres (168 mi), by road, north-east of Gaborone, Botswana's capital city.

[1] At the time this project was conceptualized, 80 percent of the electricity consumed in Botswana, was imported from the South African utility, Eskom.

[7] However, by April 2013, Units I and II were out of service, undergoing repairs for cracks in their air ducts, that developed soon after installation.

[8] In January 2014, the government of Botswana hired STEAG Energy Services of Germany to “identify problems created by CNEEC and rectify them”.

[9][10] In June 2018, the government of Botswana terminated talks with state-owned China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), in attempts to divest from Morupule B.

A forensic investigation into the matter has found that Botswana Power Company staff members colluded with CNEEC to embezzle more than BWP 1 billion (approx.