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Zambia's ZESCO Collaborates With Masdar On Potential 2,500 MW Renewable Energy Deal 1

Zambia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Joint Development Agreement (JDA) which will see ZESCO, the country’s state-owned electricity company, partner with MASDAR, a key investment funding entity of the UAE. The two parties will form a joint venture to develop and deploy large-scale solar projects across Zambia, with an estimated value of $2 billion. This is not a loan, but a capital injection in which the Zambian people, through ZESCO, will be partners in shareholding. The joint venture aims to initially develop… Read More Here

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LOADSHEDDING LIKELY TO EASE AS MAAMBA COLLIERIES STARTS FEEDING NATIONAL GRID

January 18, 2023January 22, 2023 Constance

Maamba Collieries Limited, as announced by the Minister of Energy, Peter Kapala, will resume normal operations starting today, January 18th, 2023 and will start supplying electricity to the national grid. Kapala says this follows an intervention by government to have the scheduled maintenance period reduced in order to help decrease load-shedding hours the country is currently experiencing. He explains that stabilization tests were done, with the generator now ready to be put into servicing the national grid. The 150 Mega Watts generator at Maamba Collieries Limited was removed from feeding… Read More Here

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MAAMBA COLLIERIES COMPLETES SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE THREE DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 arnbethnic

SINAZONGWE, ZAMBIA – Maamba Collieries Limited (MCL) has completed its scheduled maintenance works on one of its two 150 MW units at the coal-fired thermal power plant three days ahead of schedule and has since resumed operations at full capacity and is supplying full power to ZESCO. MCL has upheld its commitment made to the GRZ and ZESCO, during His Excellency the Republican President of Zambia Mr Hakainde Hichilema’s visit to Maamba on 8th January 2023, to commence operations well before the scheduled date of 20th January 2023. His Excellency inspected… Read More Here

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DRC Government Seeks Additional Funding Of Over $188 Million From India To Resume Construction On Katende Hydroelectric Plant

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Constance

The 82nd meeting of the Council of Ministers, held on January 13, 2023 under the leadership of Head of State Félix Tshisekedi, discussed the progress of the Katende hydroelectric power plant construction. As per Félix Tshisekedi’s recommendations, Finance Minister Nicolas Kazadi informed the council that Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge had a working session on November 24th to establish procedures for the effective relaunch of the Grand Katende Hydroelectric Power Plant project. This is how, he said, he delegated a project assessment mission from December 8 to 15, 2022… Read More Here

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American Company Secures Tender for Electricity Production from Methane Gas in Lake Kivu, In DRC

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 Constance

According to Bloomberg, Symbion Power, an American company, has been awarded the tender for the production of electricity from methane gas in Lake Kivu, as announced by Didier Budimbu Ntubuanga, the Minister of Hydrocarbons. The American agency Bloomberg also reported the confirmation from Paul Hinks, managing director of Symbion, who stated that the project involves the Makelele block of methane gas. He further mentioned that the operation will be carried out in partnership with Renewable Energy Developments. The project specifically involves converting 60 megawatts of gas into electricity, with an… Read More Here

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Mozambique To Experience 12% Decline in Electricity Production In 2023

January 13, 2023January 15, 2023 Constance

Mozambique’s electricity production is projected to drop by 12% in 2023, compared to the forecasts for 2022, which saw a 1% decrease in production. This decline is mainly due to the downward forecast for production at the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Plant (HCB), which will account for 77% of the production and export structure. This information is contained in the Economic and Social Plan and State Budget (PESOE) 2023, which was approved by the Assembly of the Republic on December 9 of last year. According to the document, HCB anticipates a… Read More Here

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Zambia Electricity Supply Cooperation To Set Up 800 Megawatts Solar Plants

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Constance

Zambia Electricity Supply Cooperation Limited is working on setting up solar plants across the country to produce 800 megawatts of electricity. ZESCO National Spokesperson HENRY KAPATA states that the company’s plan to set up solar plants across the country is in alignment with the directive from President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA to explore alternative sources of energy. He says ZESCO Limited plans to construct a 250 megawatts solar plant on their own, and will also partner with another company to construct another 250 megawatts.” According to Mr. KAPATA, ZESCO Limited has identified… Read More Here

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Zambia Extends Electricity Rationing To Include Mining Firms

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 Constance

On Tuesday, 10.01.2023 the chairman of state-owned power utility Zambia Electricity Supply Cooperation (Zesco) announced that Zambia has begun rationing electricity to mining companies due to decreased power generation as a result of a significant decline in water levels in Lake Kariba. The Zambezi River Authority, responsible for managing the dam, reported that on Monday, 09.01.2023 the water levels in Lake Kariba were at a low of 1.66% of usable storage for the Kariba North Bank Power Station in Zambia and the Kariba South Bank Power Station on the Zimbabwean… Read More Here

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DRC Produced More Than 12.3 Million Megawatts Of Electricity As Of November 2022

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Constance

The production of electricity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) saw a slight increase over the eleven months of 2022, according to the Central Bank of Congo’s (BCC) latest report. The total volume of electricity produced in the DRC reached approximately 12.3 million megawatts at the end of November 2022, slightly higher than the level recorded during the same period in 2021. The BCC’s statistical data shows that electricity production in the DRC was just over 12 million megawatts at the end of November 2021. For the entire year… Read More Here

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Mozambican Firm To Export Electricity To Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia

January 7, 2023January 7, 2023 arnbethnic

Mozambique’s Electridade de Moçambique (EDM) plans to increase power exports to other Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. Speaking to the AIM news agency, EDM chairman Marcelino Gildo Alberto said that power exports to the region currently represent 22 per cent of EDM’s annual revenues. The Macao News quoted Alberto as saying: The southern African region is in crisis. South Africa is short of power, Zimbabwe the same, Zambia too, and recently we learned that Tanzania is starting to have problems. So, we are going to take advantage of this situation… Read More Here