Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
The live and dead waters of Lake Kariba 0 August 14, 2019 12:27 PM Source: The live and dead waters of Lake Kariba | The Herald 14 AUG, 2019 A view of Kariba Dam whose water level has fallen drastically, affecting electricity generation Walter Nyamukondiwa Kariba Bureau WELCOME to Kariba, a land of paradoxes, a place where dead …
SADC intensifies efforts to improve energy flow 0 August 14, 2019 1:05 PM Source: SADC intensifies efforts to improve energy flow | The Herald 14 AUG, 2019 Inga Dam situated on the Congo River has the potential to produce about 40 000MW of electricity Kizito Sikuka Correspondent Southern Africa plans to commission more than 4 880 Megawatts of …
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Zesa scales down load-shedding 0 August 14, 2019 2:28 PM Source: Zesa scales down load-shedding | Herald (Top Stories) Mr Gwasira Yeukai Karengezeka Herald Correspondent Zesa Holdings has downgraded load-shedding from Stage Two to Stage One after it started receiving 400MW from Eskom of South Africa last Thursday, an official has said. Zesa will now cut …
National Renewable Energy Policy
EDITORIAL COMMENT : Green energy key to attaining Vision 2030 Herald 8/8/2019 The country is facing an energy crisis that has seen key sectors of the economy resorting to diesel generators, a scenario the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) Harare branch chairperson, Mr Mike Kamungeremu, recently said was costing firms US$0,40 per kilowatt …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Power consumers must clear their debts Chronicle 7/8/2019 Electricity shortage which precipitated long periods of load shedding since May is expected to ease from today as corrective measures taken by the Government begin to take hold. The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is producing only 944 megawatts (MW) of electricity versus the national …
Power crisis: A decade of bad decisions By Newsday – August 6, 2019 Guest Column: newZWire Zimbabwe aspires to be an upper middle income economy by 2030. To support such an economy, the country needs 11 000MW of power, which translates to a requirement of an additional 1 000MW every year to meet this goal. It’s a …
IDBZ seeks partners for 287MW projects Chronicle 6/8/2019 Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe Pride Mahlangu, Business Reporter THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) is scouting for partnerships to develop and implement renewable energy projects across the country with a total output of 287 megawatts (MW). Four of the proposed projects will be done in …
Kariba to be decommissioned Chronicle 6/8/2019 Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE’s giant hydro power plant at Lake Kariba is set for decommissioning next month in the wake of fast dwindling water levels. A Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) official, Engineer Bernard Chizengeya, revealed this at a Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) media workshop in Harare yesterday. He said currently, …
Can tariff hike improve electricity situation? 0 August 5, 2019 1:54 PM Source: Can tariff hike improve electricity situation? | The Herald August 5, 2019 Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story One of the greatest tricks Zesa Holdings ever pulled was convincing the Zimbabwean people that the power utility is a victim of poor pricing. But that is not entirely …