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OpenZESA Generating 951 MW Of Electricity Against Demand Of 2 200MW
2 years agoWed, 29 Mar 2023 06:20:35 GMT
ZESA Holdings subsidiary, Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), says it is generating 951 megawatts (MW) of electricity against a national peak demand of 2 200MW.
The power shortage has resulted in the country experiencing electricity blackouts of up to 18 hours per day in some areas.
Despite the successful synchronisation of Hwange Unit 7 into the national grid, ZETDC call centre supervisor Milton Zata said they were still facing challenges. NewsDay quotes Zata as saying:
Unfortunately, we have national grid challenges, resulting in these long outages.
This comes amid reports that traditional power suppliers – South Africa and Mozambique – recently stopped exporting electricity to Zimbabwe due to arrears.
The blackouts are seriously affecting businesses and industries countrywide.
With Hwange Unit 7 appearing to struggle to feed the envisaged 300MW into the national grid following its upgrade, the power crisis is set to persist as Hwange’s Unit 8 is only expected to go live in October with another 300MW.
The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), a ZESA subsidiary, announced Tuesday that the southern African nation was generating 951 MW of electricity at three power stations as shown below:
Munyati ……………………………………. 16MW
Bulawayo ……………………………………. 0MW
Harare ……………………………………….. 0MW
Kariba …………………………………………. 350MW
Hwange ……………………………………… 585MW
TOTAL …………………………………………. 951MW
Zimbabwe is experiencing a power crisis due to a lack of investment and outdated equipment. This has resulted in frequent power outages and reduced production in industries, leading to job losses and decreased revenue. Small businesses, hospitals, schools, and water treatment plants have also been affected.
The power crisis has also led to an increase in illegal electricity connections and theft, which is dangerous and contributes to revenue losses.
Resolving the crisis will require significant investment and policy changes in the power sector.
There are several alternative sources of electricity that households and businesses can use in addition to traditional electricity. These include solar power, biogas, mini-grids, wind power, hydropower, and generator sets.
These sources can provide more sustainable and affordable energy, especially in areas where electricity is limited.
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61 Comments
Anonymous · 2 years ago
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Theresa mendoza · 2 years ago
umm zesa dai manyarara henyu taneta nemi ikozvino makuti October ndipo pachaita magetsi Nani,pays Makati june
Black Adam ⚡ · 2 years ago
What!!! u watched Queen of the South. Me too it was a great series I enjoyed it too. Great cast
anonymous · 2 years ago
winter is coming
cde · 2 years ago
zve**** izvo hapana zvamukutaura
anonymous · 2 years ago
state capture
CHAWABVUNZA · 2 years ago
Electricity production is very intriguing. Just last week citizens were told that Harare Thermal Power Station was producing 10 MW. [CHAMISA CHETE CHETE ]. Today citizens hear a different story without explanation. It is is said to be producing 0 MW. Electricity Managers do not reveal what unit 7 is currently contributing to the national grid except to say it is finding it difficult to produce meaningfully into the national grid. [ NYIKA INO IRI KUURAIWA NE MBAVHA DZAYO DZE ZANU PF ]. Our other solace is the KARIBA South Hydro where by June the water level will have increased: hence the expected corresponding increase in MW. [ THE BUSH LAWYER4CCC].
Ziggy · 2 years ago
Very Excellent..900MG...mmm..that is too much high...now we know why the electricity is always blacking out...the reason is , too much electricity on yhe the grids..causing overflow overlowd and unceremonious bust....
Anonymous · 2 years ago
The country is run by insane people, who could afford to give each other half a million dollars in soft loans but can't pay electricity debts to supplies. When the economy is dead due to shortage of electricity where will you get tax from?
Anonymous · 2 years ago
And by 20 March 2023 the load shedding will be over after synchronizations of Hwange 7..... So they say .
Jim Munkuli · 2 years ago
vote for change Chamisa chete chete ngaapinde haake mkomana CCC ❎,ma vote anonoka zvekuti
Anonymous · 2 years ago
Nyika inotongwa ne Mbavha dzeZANU. What more can you expect???? CHERIMA Yoga yoga. Oona musoro Nzungu achiti vote for ZANU. Nxaaaa. Madhara achembera kuita matumbu neMhanza nemari ye Gold/ye KUBIRA NYIKA. Mbavha Mujeri.
Chams · 2 years ago
ZANU PF Inonyadzisa. Kuba mari pakusvika NYIKA yoita ChERIMA. Shame on you and your leadership. IBVAIPO Matadza kutonga nyika. Kuparadza Nyika kudaro, Shame. Ndosaka va MUGABE vaitaura kuti munhu uyu haaite. Honai manje nyika yangova CHERIMA. Vachidya mari yeGOLD ye Ntika. Selfish people. Get Out!!!!!! Ndosaka muchizoba. Kuba maVotes kuti mutambudze vanhu ne Nzara. Nxaaaaa Vote for CCc. Change is extremely Needed.
great wonders academy · 2 years ago
izwi
Yoyoyo · 2 years ago
Iwe @Kg huya panapa uri ku kwatei, u dont mess around with my CCC friends, we are united. U were so brave enough to attack one of my buddies pane article isina ma comments akawanda.
You are a piss of a rotten ardvark carcass.
Inkunzi Yemnyama · 2 years ago
Maimboti blackouts will ease by the 20th of this month then you changed to May now its October.
Manyepo haadi kuzosemesa zvekudaro.
Anonymous · 2 years ago
The leaders are insane
Anonymous · 2 years ago
That's Zanu pf, they actually said by 2023 we will be exporting electricity, back in 2018
Bvu Bvu Bvumbururu yeNdege · 2 years ago
✈✈🍌 Zesa yakapenga tanzwa nekuita budget moto wemaPhone kunge zvatinoita mari muhomwe. Takato dzima mamwe maApp shaaz. Zimbabwe yadhakwa zvakanyanya hapana anedzakwana achaita vote for Zanu kuti irambe iripo. Coz i am looking at the future, if Zanu wins nyika ichasara isisina magetsi we will be living in the stone age, no more refrigerators for those vasina maGenerators.
Chamisa dai Mwari vaita kuti atonge pasi ropa radeuka.
😗😗Anyway Pooortia my babe, i saw your easter-plans message. I care about you and zvangu ndezve rudo. You changed me Portia, i want to know.. how's your week going? I wish i could just hold u right now kuti unzwe hana yangu ichirovera iwewe my love.
#RESPECT!!!
Aj · 2 years ago
I was born as a city boy, I got used to using electricity all my life, this is not fair. We are living in a powerless country, our leaders don't think about the future.
Couldn't they take note kuti our structures are old we need new ones, not even one engineer saw that aaah
Fifi · 2 years ago
Becoz of these Zesa problems, I can't sleep peacefully at night in my area kuno netsa mbavha, u even hear screams and wicked laughter from a gang of men. It's so scary, I never walk at night plus my brother escorts me every morning and every late afternoon pandinobva kubasa.Things are worse now coz we have no electricity for then past week and a half, kana kutombo baka magetsi acho. I charge my phone at work.
👁️ 👃 👁️ · 2 years ago
Unzwe rimwe benzi richiti Hwange what what iyo ichibata Zimbabwe yose
bloody fóóls
response @tateguru · 2 years ago
very good suggestion but the thing is you cannot do anything infact we cannot do anything its gvt responsibility ,you cannot even prove energy consumption in your community bt you can for your family use only nd that is solar energy,this is bcoz we don hve resources
i side you also on the fact that talking all day cannot solve anything its jus a futile exercise bt we are doing it for leisure kkkk
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Tateguru · 2 years ago
We are very much aware of this. What we want now is news of encouragement. Negative news will not help us move forward. Let's talk about something positive. We cannot solve ZESA or Zimbabwe's problems with our ears. But we can make up with positive ideas. What should we do? Shouldn't we harness the power of the sun etc to see us though?
Let’s start sharing ideas, on the way forward.
· 2 years ago
Yes the first step is to remove zanupf government then we can find solutions to the problems we are facing.
Professor L · 2 years ago
If only we had a government that uses it's brains we wouldn't have these power challenges, Investments in the solar energy sector should had been carried out long ago using our Zim based companies.These leaders knew Hwange wouldn't keep sustaining us for many years but instead of investing in solar biogas etc the money for doing so was looted eg look at the Winston whatever case it just shows you the kind of uncommitted and a joke of government we have
Putin 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🐊🐊🐊 · 2 years ago
Strive Ari kumamisa data same same 💤💤💤💤💤💤 better iwewe
NDS1 · 2 years ago
Pavekungoda Cham Cham and team ...vote wisely 2023 ..or. You'll have another 5 years of pure Hell
Führer · 2 years ago
Kana mukaisa Chamisa magetsi acho ndokuti mumawane here? Chamisa ndiye Adina kuwora here, kanzuru yake chaiyo yakaora irikutadza kukupai mvura nekubvisa marara ahhhh
KaBadza · 2 years ago
Iwe ED ane control yemaresources ese muZim akutadza kukupa magetsi and haasi kupa vashandi mari kokuzoti Chamisa ane 0% control yemaresources enyika at least kwedu anotipa mvura
Führer · 2 years ago
Mukupihwa mvura inonhuwa ma💩 tinyararire iwe
myself · 2 years ago
fuhrer ,,,ngaauye hake Chamisa atleast tibirww nembavha new1,,dzinogona kuba dzichisiyira vana chingwa chavo. Idzi dziriko idzi marara chaiwo. Zanu marara chaiwo puuu ****
Yoyoyo · 2 years ago
@Fuhrer dai Zanu yanga ichi kuchengeta waidei uri paYoutube right now phone yakazara data plus ine moto. Right now hauna power bank or solar. You are lolbroke as shiiiit.
Ndatotanga kunzwa kuti kune mvura ine madhoodhi from you nhasi. So ndoyaunonwiswa na Dhooodhi guru ED. I am proud of you Fuhrer you support the old man who doesn't care about you.
Vote for Chamisa a leader who cares about his people.
Führer · 2 years ago
If Chamisa cared for anyone he would be fighting in Job Sikhalas corner manje dhololo
Mutsa Washe · 2 years ago
haa maripedzera tsaga iro. kuswero supporter zvinhu zvaparadza nyika. harifunge
Anonymous · 2 years ago
Fuhrer,u are a f oo l,local government is led by Zanu pf thru the minister & perm sec
Anonymous · 2 years ago
Chaora chunhu ichi.
worried citizen · 2 years ago
musanyepa imi MWARI haagadzi zvakadai,God can only let this happen for a reason nd if its him we will know of the reason(necessary evil)lest we forget that satan is at work,he rules this earth
1Anonymous · 2 years ago
In fact Satan is the one who controls and installs all world leaders
· 2 years ago
God does not exist
Junior4ANC · 2 years ago
Kana uchiti mwari havako zvinoreva kuti unobvuma kuti Satan Does Exist and you serve him as your master ....shame on youu..God does exits and he is the one that created heaven and Earth ...if you think you are making jokes you are cursing your life .2023 Takanonanganisa muOffice...Vote President elect Advocate Nelson Chamisa..Vote Wisely 👍
Miss A · 2 years ago
If you truly believe that God does not exist, you are a fool.
Mablazo · 2 years ago
Nhy Mwari huyai munzwe vanhu Vaya vatanga futi
. · 2 years ago
myself Mwari ndivo vanogadza vatungamiri vese vakashata nevakanaka Sakata vaudza zvavava kuita
KaBadza · 2 years ago
Kwana iwe ndiani akakuudza kti Mwari ndiye anogadza vatungamiri ava dunderhead
myself · 2 years ago
hiiiwe ,makanganwa kuti makaita nzungu muchimacha Harare muchifarira Ed ,, hoyo nhasi okurumisa nezvinyavada.
🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼 · 2 years ago
I sanction
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Putin 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🐊🐊🐊 · 2 years ago
Zesa ikamamiswa inoita mushe magetsi haende futi
jumbo shrimp · 2 years ago
taura hako tikavawona vari mu street ngativashandei big tym
Anonymous · 2 years ago
Aagh!! So Unit 8 will now be up in October We were being told that it was going to be synchronised this coming month April
Gold · 2 years ago
Ngavashandise Mari yeGold.Inokwana xvese
