Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has stated that the work on the expansion of the Kariba South power station is nearing completion
Power Generation
Furnace gas power generation gains ground in South Africa
Waste gases from smelters are increasingly being used for power production in South Africa, according to Clarke Energy, the service provider for Tronox’s Namakwa Sands smelter
Zimbabwe to buy emergency power from Dema
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has approved Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Companys (ZETDC) proposal to buy electricity from the Dema diesel emergency power plant at a cost of US$15.45 cents per kilowatt per hour
Chinese firm wins Uganda substations project worth US$100mn
Chinese construction firm Camc has been awarded a contract by Ugandan government to build four substations, at a cost of about US$100mn
Ethiopia to electrify 2,000 villages by September
The Ethiopian Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity has announced that 2,000 villages in the country will be electrified until the end of this fiscal year