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Zimbabwe And Zambia Explore Floating Solar Systems At Kariba Dam

4 months agoMon, 04 Nov 2024 05:07:33 GMT
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Zimbabwe And Zambia Explore Floating Solar Systems At Kariba Dam

Zimbabwe and Zambia, through the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA), have initiated feasibility studies for installing floating solar systems at Kariba Dam.

This comes as the dam’s capacity to generate electricity from its hydroelectric plants has been declining due to recurring droughts blamed on climate change.

Last week, Energy and Power Development Minister Edgar Moyo told the National Assembly (Lower House of Parliament) that the ongoing study is being conducted with support from the African Development Bank. He said:

There is also a programme that we are working on through ZRA and as council of ministers which is a bi-national body bringing together Zambia and Zimbabwe.

We have commissioned a study which is being financed by AfDB to look at the viability of floating solar systems on Lake Kariba.

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That is ongoing and it is our timeline that by the first quarter of 2025, that feasibility study will be complete and then that will help us to commence works on floating solar systems on Lake Kariba.

There are other programmes also on floating solar systems on Lake Kariba which are going to begin early next year. So, these are some of the things we are doing.

Floating solar systems allow companies to expand solar power plants without using additional land, making them environmentally friendly.

Mounted on floating platforms, these solar modules promise high yields and benefit from proximity to water, which helps cool the solar cells for efficient operation even in hot weather.

Zimbabwe is experiencing depressed generation capacity, particularly at its key facilities: Kariba Dam and Hwange Thermal Power Station.

Kariba Dam, which boasts an installed capacity of 1,050 MW, has been generating a paltry 184 MW in the past few months.

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29 Comments

Muzimba · 4 months ago
Dhafu akutonotenga gonyeti rakazara bhutsu apa
Anonymous · 4 months ago
Another looting route pending exploration...
sekuru · 4 months ago
Another joke of the year
bulldozer · 4 months ago
tenge tavakumberi solar, nuclear, plus acho epaKariba ari kugadziriswa, tsuro three ka1. dombo 1 richibaya shiri 2
king 98 · 4 months ago
kufunga hakurambidzwe asi kut tizoona pfungwa dzenyu pa implementation inyaya huru-huru
Anonymous · 4 months ago
Ma**** akawanda futi anoda kugaro commenta. It's important kutanga waita study about topics of discussion.
🌄🧱🍓🎊💞🎂🏆🍑🌽🍕👙 · 4 months ago
taurai zvakanaka nematonga vataure ne nyoka irikupatrola ichinwa mvura kwese kutimushaiwe magetsi.ngavataure na nyaminyami vakuru venzvimbo mazwa here.mface iyeye akagumbuka zvokuti.
Wicknell · 4 months ago
call me to put solar panels in the dam , thank you, wicknell here
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🤔 · 4 months ago
How do the solar panels float in an empty dam.
ZERO RATED PINDULA · 4 months ago
when they say mvura hakuna hazvirevi kuti dam raoma bhururu pane malevels anotarisirwa so that hazvizovhiringidzewo ..water life yehove nezvose zvinova mvura kuti zvirarane
Professor L · 4 months ago
by empty they mean very low levels of water which are inadequate to drive the station's turbines.
🤔 · 4 months ago
Hoo. Tinotenda zvikuru netsanangure dzakajeka. Ndinodavira pane vakawanda vadzidza 🙏🙏
Anonymous · 4 months ago
The level of water to generate power and pass through turbines is different to the lake levels, turbines don't sit at the bottom of the dam wall....
Bantu · 4 months ago
Vadiyi kungoisa ma solar panels muminda yakazara nyika yose isiri kurimwa pane kuswero taura zvekuisa ma panels ku Kariba dam ,dzimwe pfungwa dzevakuru vedu dzinenge dzavakurasika .Ngavasiyane neKariba dam vatsvage kumwe kwekuisa ma panels aya ,vaona kuti vakundikana kugadzira mishini yekuKariba dam voda kuti nyepera kuti vavakuda kuisa ma solar panels mumvura.Uku ndiko kunonzi kupererwa.
The Dubious thing · 4 months ago
Kariba inopisa that's why the votes for that Area
Dambudzo · 4 months ago
Iwe ndiwe uri kuda kutobatsirwa land muZimbabwe yamunoti yakawanda iripi just think about 50 years to come kuti Harare inenge yave kupi uye vataura wani kuti mumvura makanakira kuti macells emasolar anocooliwa nemvura so iweka
@The dubious thing · 4 months ago
What do you mean kariba inopisa. I spend most of my time in Kariba working and camping. Areas like Hwange, Chiredzi, Mwenezi and Beit are worse. And some parts of Gokwe. Check met report and forecast you will learn. And Kariba haiite because it is mountainous and the dam and the is on a very low level talking about height above sea level. Therefore the sunlight will be affected by shadows and premature sunset. This is just impractical. They should build a solar city/field on an open space. The solars will disturb the activities on the dam and risk people's lives inserted and fitting such floating panels. What for?
Guma Doko · 4 months ago
@The dubious thing, though I might support the floating solar project, your facts bring in a new dimension, thanks!
Anonymous · 4 months ago
Wakambonzwawo chinonzi land use here kuchikoro. Land yauri kutaura whether used or unused still remains under agricultural use. Why would waste land when solar panel can be installed floating on top of water and save much-needed land.
ClD Admire kuyeri · 4 months ago
kkkkkk manake
citizen · 4 months ago
Chivhayo akapiwa matender akapiwa mari,saka zvakatovharana here?Vagoni zvavo vanoita huwori vaine shield.Tinonyeperwa kuti hakuna ari pamusoro pemitemo.Vana Chivhayo vagere pamusoro pemitemo.Hamuna zvamunovaita ,mungavadiii
ZimSketch · 4 months ago
and give Chivaro the tender after evaluation....... dzatove ngano
Sergi · 4 months ago
vanhu vePindula Hamunawo picture iri current here? 😹

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