Zimbabwe Plans Six Hydroelectric Generators, Newsday Reports
By Brian Latham – Nov 9, 2011 4:37 PM GMT+1000
Zimbabwe will need $30 million to build six hydroelectricity generators to
ease power shortages in the country, Newsday said, citing Deputy Energy
Minister Hubert Nyanhongo.
The hydropower generators will produce between 1 and 5megawatts of
electricity each, Harare-based Newsday said on its website. Closely held
South African power producer NuPlanet (Pty) Ltd. has a license to build a
$12 million, five-megawatt generator at Lake Mutirikwi near the southern
city of Masvingo, Newsday added.
Zimbabwe submitted a $40 million bid to exploit methane gas in Lupane, where
a $470 million power plant will be developed once deposits have been
quantified, Newsday reported. The southern African nation has about 27
trillion cubic feet of untapped methane-gas reserves, it said.