Sept. 13, 2020
The construction of two units that will add 600 megawatts (MW) to the national grid from Hwange Power Station is 70 percent complete, while various investors in the same area are at different stages of building power plants that will contribute in excess of 3 000MW in the medium term, Energy and Power Development Minister Zhemu Soda has said.
Feb. 5, 2020
Cabinet considered and approved the Principles for the Proposed Amendment to the Electricity Act [Chapter 13:19] to introduce Stiffer Penalties for Crimes Related to Electricity Theft, the Destruction of and Tampering with Electricity Infrastructure, which was presented by the Minister of Energy and Power Development.
Dec. 18, 2019
42 institutions (schools, clinics and service centres) and homesteads were electrified in rural provinces.
Dec. 18, 2019
6,384 prepaid electricity meters were installed countrywide
Dec. 11, 2019
Under the Rural Provinces Grid Extension projects, 31 of the 35 targeted institutions comprising schools and clinics have been grid electrified, with prepaid meters connected.
Dec. 11, 2019
Under the Smart Metering Project, 404 out of the targeted 2 000 smart meters configured with GSM sim cards have been installed;
Nov. 22, 2019
India is ready to extend nearly half a billion United States dollars to support three key power projects in Zimbabwe, an Indian diplomat has revealed, adding the concessional loans either awaited signatures of parties or project tenders. At Hwange Power Station, for which the largest chunk of the loan facilities is earmarked, advanced age, technical problems due to neglect of maintenance, parts replacement and failure to upgrade have made the plant prone to frequent breakdowns.
Aug. 13, 2019
Zimbabwe has secured two loans of more than USD$42.5m (£35.3m) from India to boost the generation of electricity in the country, the state-run Herald newspaper reports.
Oct. 25, 2018