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Hwange Unit 5 Refurbishment To Add 160 MW to National Grid - Energy Minister

8 months agoTue, 16 Jul 2024 13:37:13 GMT
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Hwange Unit 5 Refurbishment To Add 160 MW to National Grid - Energy Minister

Energy and Power Development Minister, Edgar Moyo, has said the planned refurbishment of Hwange Power Station’s Unit 5 is expected to add 160 MW to the national grid, providing a much-needed boost to the country’s power supplies in the short to medium term.

Delivering a Ministerial Statement on the electricity situation in Parliament last week, Moyo also highlighted the planned re-powering of Units 1 to 6, which is expected to be completed within 48 to 60 months.

This initiative is anticipated to eventually restore the capacity of these units to at least 840 MW. Said Moyo:

Furthermore, the allocation of resources to Hwange Units 1 to 4 and 6, in order to minimise plant downtime on failure, will further alleviate the electricity shortages.

With these developments, prioritising resources for the power station’s key production-related issues is indeed a viable short-term solution.

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The re-powering of Units 1 to 6 in 48 to 60 months in the short term will eventually restore the station’s capacity to at least 840MW, which should significantly curtail load shedding and stabilise the power supply for the country.

Units 1, 3, 4, and 6 at the Hwange Power Station are currently generating a combined output of 380 MW.

Meanwhile, Unit 2 is undergoing statutory maintenance and is expected to be back in service this month.

Unit 5 is currently undergoing a major overhaul, which is anticipated to be completed by May 2025.

The recently commissioned Units 7 and 8, which came online in 2023, are operating stably and generating a total of 614 MW.

The construction of the new Units 7 and 8 was financed through $1.4 billion in loans obtained from Chinese lenders.

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21 Comments

Czary · 8 months ago
Ikoko kuparliament, can you, Mr Minister, ask finance minister to waive duty on solar products so that people get persuaded to buy less expensive solar products for home electricity.
sadney · 8 months ago
when is that day when we hear of new power plants besides these old, Kariba and hwange plants. 40years still talking about the same sources.We are not serious as a nation
jack · 8 months ago
agh
theLastAntKing · 8 months ago
kutonga nyikakusvika yati tsvaa nekushaya magetsi
@in the dark · 8 months ago
in the mean time the funding is from china and we repay using mines and minerals for problem that needs 5 yrs to fix
👀👀 · 8 months ago
ingoisaizve munyerere tozongoona avepo,we are used to your talk and walk away,kubva patakapiwa 100 days dzekunakisa zvinhu munyika ndoopandakaona kt vanhu ava vane nhema dzakawandisa
Boss lady · 8 months ago
I remember Mutapa saying that by 2024 we will be exporting electricity.....
sadney · 8 months ago
I wonder what kind of refurbishment there is when we once had Kariba and hwange expansions. what was really being expanded , yet we hear of obsolete equipment
Zuze · 8 months ago
If you expand ZERO, you still get a bigger ZERO, or a string of ZEROs
numbers pliz · 8 months ago
how much is this costing ? and how much will it add to certain peoples pockets at zesa ?
. · 8 months ago
nhema idzo
𝗹𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘀 44 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 · 8 months ago
tichirikure
Admire kuyeri · 8 months ago
nice
👀 · 8 months ago
Are you frm Karoi?
TK · 8 months ago
Zuva hobho ,ko kungoyita zveSolar Power Station.
Buda · 8 months ago
48 to 60 months ..ndokutiii chingotaurai makore acho chete
danso · 8 months ago
😂😂hahaha very funny what those ED & CO. say, he means 4-5 years....
Anonymous · 8 months ago
So load shedding will continue after 60 months?
Freedom · 8 months ago
Yes 4 to 5 years takangomirira Zimbabwe so vatadza
G42 · 8 months ago
Varikungotaura chte hapana zvinozivikanwa apa zanu inemakore mangani ichitonga nguva Inokwana.

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