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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Zambia\u2019s integrated power utility ZESCO has declared that the country has a surplus capacity of about 1 000 megawatts (MW) at a time the country is also enjoying an economic rebound.<\/p>\n

This is happening as neighbouring Zimbabwe and South Africa are struggling with daily power cuts lasting several hours.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe blames power insufficiency on breakdowns at its ageing power plants.<\/p>\n

ZESCO Managing Director Eng. Victor Mapani said currently, the installed national generation capacity stands at 3 456.8 MW compared to a peak national demand of approximately 2 300MW, according to NewZimbabwe.com.<\/p>\n

He was speaking during a high-level panel discussion at the ongoing Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA) meeting in Dakar, Senegal. He said:<\/p>\n

We thus have a surplus of 1,156.8 MW that is available for trade within the interconnected SAPP network.<\/p>\n

Currently four out of five units are already commissioned and running. We expect to commission the last 150 MW machine, unit 5 by November this year.<\/p>\n

He also said that ZESCO was using internally generated resources to progress the 750 MW Kafue Gorge Lower (KGL) hydro project which was being constructed at a cost of approx.$2.3 billion and will be completed later this year in November.<\/p>\n

In Zimbabwe, the country has for years struggled with a crippling deficit as it generates about 1 300 megawatts against peak demand estimated at about 2 000 MW.<\/p>\n

Installed generating capacity installed capacity of 2 240 megawatts cannot be exploited due to antiquated equipment and frequent breakdowns at power plants.<\/p>\n

Imports of 500 MW from Mozambique\u2019s Hydro Cahora Bassa and 400MW from South Africa\u2019s ESKOM are still inadequate to close the supply gap.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe is, however, modernising and expanding existing power plants and building new ones with financial backing from China with a view to becoming a net energy exporter as part of its plan to turn the country into an upper-middle-income society by 2030.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Zambia\u2019s integrated power utility ZESCO has declared that the country has a surplus capacity of about 1 000 megawatts (MW) at a time the country is also enjoying an economic rebound. This is happening as neighbouring Zimbabwe and South Africa are struggling with daily power cuts lasting several hours. 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