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ZESA Boss Says Load Shedding To Continue In The Medium Term

1 year agoSun, 26 Nov 2023 11:34:43 GMT
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ZESA Boss Says Load Shedding To Continue In The Medium Term

The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) Holdings says the current gap between electricity demand and supply will continue in the medium term.

Zimbabwe requires 1 850 megawatts per day and on Friday the country was generating 1 285 megawatts, with 41 megawatts coming from independent power producers (IPPs), while Kariba and Hwange were producing 570 megawatts and 674 megawatts respectively.

ZESA Executive Chairperson, Sydney Gata told ZBC News that the ongoing load shedding is attributable to subdued generation capacity at Kariba South Hydro Power Station.

Gata revealed that Kariba South hydropower station currently generates 300 megawatts against an installed capacity of 1050 megawatts.

This comes after the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) restricted water allocations for power generation due to low water levels in the Kariba Dam. Said Gata:

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Generally, power supply in the short to medium term will continue to be a challenge. The predominant factor here is the hydrology of the Zambezi River which seems to be affected by climate change.

We have 1 050 megawatts of installed capacity at Kariba South. We have been directed to only use 300 megawatts of capacity which means we have lost 750 megawatts which is 50 percent of the dependable capacity of Zimbabwe’s power.

He said ZESA has come up with a contingency plan that will address the power situation in the medium to long term. Gata said:

We now have contingency plans made possible, we have already received power station proposals from IPPS who want to finance their own power stations, and coal power base load plants.

They will aggregate that to 1600 megawatts. This is because we now have a cost-reflective tariff. We are also sitting on over 100 licences for small renewable energy IPP projects.

The construction of two new units at Hwange Power Station (7 and 8) to generate a combined 600 megawatts has not resulted in reduced load shedding.

Unit 7 tripped two weeks before it was due for Class C maintenance resulting in longer power cuts. Unit 8 is set to be taken off the grid soon as it is also due for Class C maintenance.

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18 Comments

Anonymous · 1 year ago
By medium term, does he mean loadshedding is normal until the next election?
XXX · 1 year ago
I am happy that ZESA Holding Executive Officer, Sydney Gara, is well versed with production of electricity at each plant, including independent power producers. The biggest question is if he knows his work like he knows the back of his hand, why does he not schedule his load shadding and publish those schedules ? The harphazard way Sydney Gara is conducting his load shadding is counter-productive to businesses. It causes anxiety to ordnary Zimbabweans. May Sydney Gata please explain. EHE ICHO !!!!!
Anonymous · 1 year ago
What is this man Gata still doing at ZESA? He worked for ESC, the predecessor company of ZESA before independence. Meaning he has worked for power generation for over 43 years. What new ideas can be expected? How is he adapting to new tech?
◻️ · 1 year ago
which new tech is there to talk about in electricity generation? remember that Zimbabwean companies started computerising their systems in the late 80s and there was no way he was left behind by the changes in electricity generation technologies so it's better not to make assumptions that are not valid
Anonymous · 1 year ago
Remaheu gata ririnani pane iri...
c number · 1 year ago
a lot of companies wanted to construct power stations but **** leader wanted those companies to build power stations in their names eg masiiwa takatonzwa kuti vamwe baba Havana kurara
~jmp~ · 1 year ago
We can use alternative power,, simple
NM · 1 year ago
zviroto zviroto
Igy · 1 year ago
Ma1
cox · 1 year ago
all this is a reault of greedy short sighted power hungry cirrupt few full of high up neck prideful people
Hippo The GS · 1 year ago
Don't worry we have moved to solar power
Anonymous · 1 year ago
I don't think so. Wicknell spent all that money.
Zuze · 1 year ago
Rio Tinto Zimbabwe, some years ago wanted to build a Thermal Power Station at their Sengwa Colliery but the S.T.U.P.I.D. Powers-that-be refused because they didn't want competition to Hwange. Chionai manje....
WWE · 1 year ago
as usual, nothing new frm you guys
MuSabatha (SDA) · 1 year ago
there is chaos in every sector in this country one may think of: chaos kune zvedzidzo, chaos in energy sector, chaos ku health, ku education hatichatauri, disaster chaiyo...etc. one wonders whether we still have a gvnmnt in this country
Anonymous · 1 year ago
Repeat lies

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