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Zimbabwe Braces For Increased Power Outages

4 months agoMon, 04 Nov 2024 06:01:03 GMT
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Zimbabwe Braces For Increased Power Outages

Zimbabweans should prepare for increased load shedding as the festive season approaches, due to the frequent breakdowns of ageing equipment in units one to six at Hwange Thermal Power Station.

The situation is expected to worsen with the onset of the rainy season, leading to an increase in electrical faults.

During a Question and Answer session in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Energy and Power Development Minister Edgar Moyo told lawmakers that the planned repowering of the old units at Hwange, starting in 2025, along with a requirement for ferrochrome smelters to generate their power, will help mitigate the country’s power shortages. Said Moyo (via NewsDay):

The frequency of blackouts has increased. First, as a result of the old and antiquated equipment in units one to six at Hwange which we are working on where we have signed a deal with a company from India — Jindal, which is going to start on the repowering exercise beginning early next year. That is one way of reducing the frequency of those blackouts.

Secondly, we are getting into the rainy season where we experience lightning, and wind — our infrastructure is going to be affected. We have been talking about a strategy on how to quickly respond to that.

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Moyo said the drought experienced during the 2023-24 summer season has resulted in low water levels in Kariba Dam. He said:

Understandably so, we have been affected by the drought, Lake Kariba is a very critical asset in the power production process because that is the area where we use to balance power.

It is where we are able to ramp up production of supply or reduce it so that we can maintain a balance in the power supply. So, the issue of drought has really affected us and the impact is high.

However, to reduce the impact and to ensure that we supply those areas that cannot supply themselves, we have asked ferrochrome smelters to develop their own generation so that by the end of 2025, they will be able to supply themselves.

On November 1, 2024, the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) reported that the usable live storage at Lake Kariba—water available for power generation—had declined to 2.89 billion cubic meters (BCM), representing just 4.46% of capacity. In contrast, on the same date in 2023, the usable live storage was 11.59 BCM, or 17.90%.

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39 Comments

Anonymous · 4 months ago
Kungogara mu Zim inharo chaidzo ZESA ndeya Chivharo thiz dayz...
Lloyd · 4 months ago
you guys are gullible. maitobvuma kuti zvakunaka, shame
I wanna do BBC · 4 months ago
Haa better to go and be a British Bottom Cleaner, than staying in this godforsaken country, which is going absolutely nowhere only regressing
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Solar for everyone · 4 months ago
Haa tengai maSolar vanhu wee otherwise munokwara nayo ZESA iyi, since the turn of the century achingoenda chete, they won't be able to fix this because demand will continue to rise and they will always be caught on the back foot. Save for solar and save yourself from the stress of living in darkness
👀👀 · 4 months ago
kutenga solar kit mashasha,especially ma civil servant,they are a lot of companies variikuita assist ma servant wobatirwa mbichana mbichana,nekuti kumirira ZETD munokuvara,
Anonymous · 4 months ago
so what ?so what ?you watch as your resources are plundered and the goats cannot give u electricity and the solar project money was squandered - you will do nothing about it but talk ! go and get your solar panels and shut up ! electricity is for the brave !
👀👀 · 4 months ago
tochibhilivha zvipi zvacho manji
Tambaoga · 4 months ago
They contradict themselves.
Mmmm · 4 months ago
Which invester, will invest?
Mmmm · 4 months ago
Where is Gwanda solar project upto date
jah d · 4 months ago
we have grown economically, despite weak current
Jah b · 4 months ago
Get away iwe wanzwa
Z · 4 months ago
ERNEGY REPORTS ON FRIDAY INDICATED THAT LOAD SHEDDING WAS GOING TO IMPROVE AND EVENTUALLY CEASE. BARELY TWO DAYS DOWN THE LINE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT REPORT IS PUBLISHED BY PINDULA. WHICH IS WHICH? GIVE US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION RATHER THAN FEEDING THE NATION WITH CONFLICTING REPORTS.
ZG · 4 months ago
unganzwisisa sei iwe usingafungi
Sol Regem · 4 months ago
Blame your favourite Zanu guys for providing conflicting reports to the media, the media guys just tell us what the authorities told them
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🕺🏋️‍♂️🏃‍♂️ · 4 months ago
zanu + zesa= nonsense
skye · 4 months ago
saka anenge achitouyaka kana ka2 pasvondo coz apa tikuto****va 18 to 20hrs without electricity haa ma1
☹️ · 4 months ago
Can loadshedding get any worse than this, 18hrs of blackouts everyday including Saturday and Sunday, when one thinks industry would be closed on those days so electricity should be available but no 18 hrs of loadshedding. The thought of it get worse than 18 hrs of loadshedding sends shivers down my spine, I guess it's time to break the bank and get solar otherwise life will become very hard because of the regime's ****ity
Corruptmore Looto · 4 months ago
*****itý
Corruptmore Looto · 4 months ago
Stupi dity, the censoring is too much
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ED · 4 months ago
e d i o t s
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disgruntled citizen · 4 months ago
these guys are totally making a fool out of ourselves. yesterday i read a post zvichinzi load shedding ichaita nani wani nhasi zvasiyana? haa chinyika chakafa ichi. heads must roll at ZESA, this is Bull shiT. 🚮
Corruptmore Looto · 4 months ago
Failure, lies, corruption and incompetence..... hallmarks of the Zanu PF regime and everything it touches. ZESA used to be an efficient and effective SOE, now it is a wreck, they should liberalise the electricity market because they have totally failed
Anonymous · 4 months ago
But they get away with it every time.
Patz · 4 months ago
These type of news dzobva dzandifungisa Advocate Fortune Chasi when he was Min of Energy when he fired Gata for incompetency at Zesa. ED then fired Chasi and returned Gata to Zesa. Thats why we are at what we are here. Fortune aifamba nebhora but pane wakakudza hukama at the expense of professionalism and competency
Peter Chikomba · 4 months ago
true Chasi was doing a good job
Anonymous · 4 months ago
Chasi akakundwa ne corruption,he resigned not fired akazonzi he is fired becoz he could not work with Gata
shurushuru · 4 months ago
dai zanu yaive nemoyo nepovo ingadzai yakagara yaplana zvemaNew power generation plants kare saa. these Hwange unit 3, 7 s hit is not sustainable. the infrastructure at Hwange has outlived its lifespan munhu chaiye akazongofawo wani. the government is wasting money refurbishing and resuscitation chinhu chisisashande zvachose. what they do to the presidential motorcade is exactly what they should do to the dilapidated infrastructure be it roads, water, sewer, electricity, the currency and the presidium itself. the bottom line is zanu doesn't care about the polo so why must we care for them. zanu must go
correct · 4 months ago
****s they are saying we should brace fo mo load shedding wat could b wec thn the 19hrs loadshedding we are facing , Zesa has failed , ****s yesterday they were saying load shedding wil b better , now this , they hve no direction them fools
Sir African · 4 months ago
I think we can live more purposeful health lives without this Zesa foolishness. The reason why people are stressed and have uncontrolled BPs because they fed lies by the authorities.
Sputnik V AstraZeneca · 4 months ago
(ZFPA) formerly Zesa - Zimbabwe Fo.oling People Association
Sputnik V AstraZeneca · 4 months ago
(ZFPA)formally Zesa - Zimbabwe ****ing People Association
Anonymous · 4 months ago
What were the Chinese doing at hwange all along now we must wait for Indians. Let's vote out these merciless zanupf
Ctrl Alt Del · 4 months ago
a couple of days ago you where saying unit 7 is back on line blah blah to day you are saying brace for more blackouts why dont tou just keep quiet coz its plain to see kuti mapererwa
Dambudzo · 4 months ago
Weduweee kaa

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