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Batoka costs double to US$4,5 billion Posted by Phillimon Mhlanga 0 Companies & Markets March 3, 2016 Batoka power station’s turbines were expected to start turning in 2001, as the neighbours took steps to provide enough electricity to their countries. COSTS of constructing the 2 400 megawatt (MW) Batoka hydroelectric power station have spiralled to about …
ZESA, transformers and passing burden to customers February 29, 2016 Features, Opinion & Analysis Takura Zhangazha CorrespondentThe Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) is a behemoth of a state-owned and commercialised enterprise. Its remit, which is generating and supplying electricity to the country’s corporate and individual citizens is an invaluable public service that should always connote urgency, …
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Kariba South expansion now 40pc complete February 23, 2016 Business Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterConstruction work on the 300 megawatt capacity expansion of Kariba South Power Station is now 41 percent complete, Zimbabwe Power Company has said. ZPC said the project is progressing well with adit, a horizontal passage into a mine for purposes of access …
‘Lake Kariba not drying up’. MAXWELL SIBANDA, RECENTLY IN KARIBA • 21 FEBRUARY 2016 11:53AM • 0 COMMENTS SHARE THIS ARTICLE: HARARE – Although water levels at Lake Kariba are historically at their lowest, it is false and misleading for anyone to suggest that it is drying, Kariba District Administrator Amigo Mhlanga told the Daily News on …
Zim to import electricity from Zambia February 22, 2016 in Business POWER utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) is set to import electricity from Zambian company, Nusenfwa from August to address power shortages in the country. BY TARISAI MANDIZHA Speaking during a tour of the Kariba Hydropower Station on Friday, Zesa spokesperson, Fullard Gwasira said Nusenfwa was a private …
ZPC to maintain Kariba power generation at 285MW February 22, 2016 Business Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterThe Zimbabwe Power Company can sustain power generation at the revised permissible level of 285 megawatts after Zambezi River Authority reduced water allocation for the utility’s Kariba Power Station. Zesa Holdings generation unit downgraded output from the previous production level of 475 …
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Zim’s power situation improves February 16, 2016 Business Business ReportersZIMBABWE’S power situation has improved significantly in the past four weeks owing to a number of initiatives put in place but Zesa Holdings said the situation is not sustainable under the current tariff regime. Zesa spokesperson Fullard Gwasira told delegates attending a Zim-Asset workshop that imports and …
Kariba water levels up February 4, 2016 Local News Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi BureauWater levels in Kariba Dam have significantly improved following rains that have pounded the catchment area in recent days, raising hope that levels will rise to allow for resumption of normal power generation. The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) last year imposed a cap on daily …
Mozambique power imports to cost +15c/ kilowatt hour January 27, 2016 Local News Felex Share, Senior ReporterZimbabwe will import 100 MW from Mozambique at more than 15 cents per kilowatt hour and there is need for stakeholders to accept an electricity tariff increase if load shedding is to be minimised, Zesa Holdings said yesterday. To finance …
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Hwange power station generation capacity declines January 26, 2016 Business Oliver Kazunga Acting Business EditorHWANGE Thermal Power station’s generation capacity has gone down to about 200 megawatts against an installed capacity of 920MW. The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) indicated on its website that the country’s largest coal-fired power station was producing 202MW due to continued generation constraints as …
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