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ZESA Increases Power Allocation To Wheat Farmers to 150 MW

4 months agoThu, 29 Aug 2024 12:09:36 GMT
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ZESA Increases Power Allocation To Wheat Farmers to 150 MW

The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has assured wheat farmers of 150 megawatts (MW) of electricity starting this month, an increase from the 100 MW previously allocated for this year’s winter crop.

Sydney Gata, Executive Chairman of ZESA, announced this week that wheat farmers will be exempt from load shedding. He said:

ZESA on the other hand, has been prioritizing power to the winter wheat farmers. Ring-fenced power for these farmers has been increased from 100MW to 150MW starting August 2024. The farmers therefore have been spared from load shedding, except in instances of technical faults.

Furthermore, to increase the reliability of supply, there has been a reinforcement of the network and installation of switch gear for the winter wheat farmers.

Gata said as a way of improving power generation, ZESA is mobilising funds for the installation of 120MW solar plants at productive farms. He said:

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As a way of supporting production by farmers, farming load has been prioritised when power generation is not adequate to meet demand.

ZESA Holdings is mobilising financing for the installation of about 120MW of solar power at productive farms.

This will ease the demand from farming load on the system, and at the same time allow farmers to feedback excess energy to the grid.

Gata also revealed that ZESA is currently experiencing a supply shortfall of up to 540 MW during the high-demand winter period.

The average total power supply is around 1,310 MW, while peak demand reaches 1,850 MW, leading to significant load shedding.

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10 Comments

theLastAntKing · 4 months ago
it seems power consumption is not increasing as from around 2005 this 1800mw has increased to 1850mw. So for the past 20 years it's just the talk of adding power on the grid but nothing is being done. We were once told about Gokwe Sengwa coal fired power station but it died down the same way like this 120mw solar station being planned Gwanda Chvharo solar died too
Egypt Dzinemunenzva. · 4 months ago
farmers have failed us as a nation buy you still give them first preference two pr three months after wheat is harvested unonzwa kuti we are having wheat shortages we will import more from Russia
june · 4 months ago
makomo magazine zvichanyungudika
KING ABS JIM · 4 months ago
yaaa boe
sekuru · 4 months ago
chivhayo
Corruptmore Looto · 4 months ago
Murimi mozadza maSolar iwawo kumaFarm eZanu
Consumer · 4 months ago
More Electricity to defaulters
Anonymous · 4 months ago
Some farmers may not have paid because GMB haven't paid them. The "connected" ones will never pay.

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