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Mudzi electrification project complete Herald 28/5/2020 A guard patrols the Re-Image Rural Ugesi mini-grid 100kw solar power plant that was built by Econet Wireless at Ndolwane Business Centre in Bulilima District, Plumtree. The pilot project has so far benefited the business community, local clinic, farmers and villagers. — Picture: Eliah Saushoma Victor Maphosa recently …
SolGas to feed 5 MW into national grid Herald 28/5/2020 Charles Mushinga Senior Writer Hwange-based independent solar power producer, SolGas Energy founder Tafadzwa Muchinda, says they are set to commission a 5-Megawatt plant in August this year. The project has already created over 300 jobs for local communities. Work on the construction of the 5MW …
Farmers urged to safeguard electricity infrastructure Herald 27/5/2020 Conrad Mupesa Herald Correspondent Farmers have been urged to jealously guard electricity transformers and power lines from vandals as the nation focuses on putting 80 000 hectares under winter wheat. The call was made by the Deputy Minister of Energy and Power Development Magna Mudyiwa during …
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Editorial Comment: A new approach due in cable vandalism fight Energy and Power Development Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi Cases of stolen and vandalised electricity equipment will persist as long as the market for the stolen goods is not the target of ongoing measures to combat the problem. Two months ago, the Government announced measures …
Farmers urged to invest in solar plants Chronicle 12/5/2020 Minister Fortune Chasi Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau Energy and Power Development Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi has encouraged commercial farmers in Matabeleland provinces to pool resources and invest in solar plants to enhance agricultural production. He said power supply was one of the major requirements of …
‘Constant power supply to continue’ Herald 11/5/2020 Herald Reporter Residential areas are likely to continue receiving uninterrupted power during the extended lockdown period despite the recent partial re-opening of industries, a senior Government official has said. President Mnangagwa on May 1, extended the national lockdown by two more weeks and downgraded it to Level …
China to help build US$3 billion Sengwa coal plant Chronicle 29/4/2020 RioZim needs about $2.,1 billion to build power plants that would produce up to 1,400 megawatts of electricity. — (Picture RioZim) ZIMBABWE’S Rio Energy Limited, a unit of RioZim Limited, will build a 2,100 megawatt thermal power plant with China Gezhouba Group Corp …
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Solar power collectors to augument the national grid Chronicle 23/4/2020 Jonathan Maphenduka THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has announced an ambitious $500 million solar power project for the country to complement Kariba and Hwange plants by 2022. The project, to be financed with private capital, will see solar plants built across the country. …
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Zesa to get tough with defaulters 1 April 20, 2020 2:04 AM Source: Zesa to get tough with defaulters | Sunday Mail (Business) Dumisani Nsingo Zesa Holdings should use more aggressive strategies to recover an outstanding debt of more than $1 billion owed by consumers, Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has said. “We must clear …
Zesa seeks to unlock 550MW 0 April 12, 2020 4:00 PM Source: Zesa seeks to unlock 550MW | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Lincoln Towindo THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has opened debt repayment negotiations with Mozambique’s Hydro Cahora Bassa (HCB) with a view of settling the US$45 million debt owed to the regional power generation giant. …