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Zesa raises Hwange closure alarm November 30, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Lloyd Gumbo Harare Bureau—THE State Procurement Board has put Hwange Thermal Power Station at risk of closure by continuing to ignore calls to float a special tender to buy two transformers to replace existing ones that are in bad shape. The Zimbabwe Power Company has written …
Waiting for rain, minus an urgent action plan November 23, 2015 Features, Opinion & Analysis Kariba dam water level is continuing to decline (undated file photo) Takura Zhangazha CorrespondentTHE rains have sort of started falling in Zimbabwe. The general public impression is that they are late. For many citizens resident in the Southern, western and south …
Coal mining concerns threaten electricity generation at Hwange November 23, 2015 Business Hwange Power Station Business ReporterHWANGE Power Station (HPS) experiences a deficit of 3 000 tonnes of coal every day as coal miners are failing to supply the adequate feedstock citing capitalisation concerns. HPS consumes 8 000 tonnes of coal daily but miners have only …
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Govt seeks to solve power outages November 20, 2015 Business Business ReporterZimbabwe is seeking to come up with a long term plan to improve availability of power to support the country’s social and economic policies, the Government said yesterday. The Government, through the Ministry of Energy and Power Development has invited bids from consultants to produce …
‘Kariba water levels can last till February’ November 20, 2015 Business From Golden Sibanda in KaribaTHE Zimbabwe Power Company says it can maintain current power generation limit of 475 megawatts at the Kariba South power plant until February next year even if it does not rain within that period. Kariba South Hydro Power Station general manager …
More Load Shedding Beckons Phillimon Mhlanga 19 Nov 2015 The current water level is the lowest since the dam was completed in 1958. A SHARP drop in water levels at Kariba Dam could result in the world’s biggest man-made lake being decommissioned for the first time since it was built in the late 1950s, in what …
Just 1% usable water left in Kariba Dam November 13, 2015 in National, News Water levels at Kariba Dam have dropped to alarming levels, with the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) indicating that if it does not rain anytime soon power generation will be suspended. by XOLISANI NCUBE Statistics from ZRA indicate that the water levels in the dam …
$40m power transformer commissioned November 13, 2015 Local News, Top Stories Minister Samuel Undenge Pamela Shumba Senior ReporterENERGY and Power Development Minister Samuel Undenge yesterday commissioned two of the seven transformers being installed in the country under a $40 million emergency power infrastructure rehabilitation project (EPIRP) meant to increase power and water supply. The Criterion and Mpopoma …
200MW power deal on course November 13, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories Dr Misheck Sibanda Felex Share Senior ReporterThree foreign companies have been enlisted for the installation of an emergency diesel power plant at Dema substation in Seke as Government moves in to ameliorate power shortages bedeviling the country. The emergency power plant, being introduced as a stop-gap …
Climate change threatens mega dam project November 6, 2015 in National, News ZIMBABWE’S planned Batoka Gorge power project on the Zambezi River is expected to generate 2 400 megawatts (MW) of electricity, up from an initial 1 600 MW, but the worsening power cuts, blamed on low water levels have renewed concerns about the effects of climate change …