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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwe\u2019s economy is losing billions of dollars due to ongoing load shedding caused by depressed power generation.<\/p>\n

The unscheduled power cuts are affecting not only residential consumers but commercial and industrial users who have to endure between 8 and 10 hours without electricity.<\/p>\n

Most businesses are now resorting to using backup diesel generators which are expensive to run.<\/p>\n

According to ZESA Holdings\u2019 electricity generating unit, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) website, 1 238 megawatts were generated on Wednesday against a national demand of about 1 800 megawatts (MW) at peak periods, with the electricity shortfall reaching 438MW.<\/p>\n

Kariba Hydroelectric Power Station supplied 67% of the total electricity generated across ZESA\u2019s five power stations at 829MW while the country\u2019s largest coal-fired plant generated 390MW.<\/p>\n

Munyati Power Station generated 19MW.<\/p>\n

Harare and Bulawayo Power Stations did not generate electricity on Wednesday due to breakdowns.<\/p>\n

To augment local supplies, the State-owned power utility, ZESA, imports from South Africa\u2019s power utility Eskom, Hydro Cahora Bassa of Mozambique, and ZESCO of Zambia.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe is, however, not getting adequate imports as the regional power utilities are only obliged to supply electricity if they have a surplus.<\/p>\n

South Africa\u2019s also battling load shedding due to depressed generation and Eskom\u2019s power plants.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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