Tariffs guarantee Zesa’s Eskom deal
Zimbabwe’s State-owned power utility, Zesa Holdings has paid part of the debt owed to foreign suppliers and averted the risk of being cut off. Energy and Power Development Minister Zhemu … Read More
Category: Energy
US$320m solar plant to light up Mt Darwin
Pfura Rural District Council has engaged a local company, Converse4u Ltd, for the establishment of a US$320 million solar plant expected to generate at least 200MW. The project is expected … Read More
Review to weed out speculative independent power producers
Licences for all independent power producers (IPPs) are to be re-examined with a view to discouraging the acquisition of licences for speculative purposes. At least 65 IPPs have so far … Read More
Zesa starts clearing coal producers’ $1,2bn debt
State-owned power utility, Zesa Holdings, has started paying coal miners after the debt ballooned to over $1,2 billion over the past few months. The surging debt was beginning to affect … Read More
Invictus oil project licence gets extension
THE Government has extended by a further three years the tenure of a Special Grant licence held by Invictus Energy for its oil and gas project in Muzarabani. Early this … Read More
Greynut, Zesa in housing scheme partnership
Zesa Holdings and Greynut Investment are jointly developing a new suburb on the outskirts of Gweru meant to benefit Zesa employees. The idea to develop the suburb, Greynut Park, along … Read More
Zesa hikes tariffs by 50 percent
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has increased tariffs by 50 percent for the second time in a month. ZETDC, a Zesa unit, increased tariffs last month and … Read More
Vivo Energy commissions fully automated high-tech fire system
PAN-African fuels and lubricants retailer and marketer, Vivo Energy Group, has commissioned a world class fully automated high-tech fire system. The newly installed fully automated high-tech fire system in Harare, … Read More
Tugwi-Mukosi power plant work to start
THE construction of a 15-megawatt hydro power plant at Tugwi-Mukosi Dam in Chivi is set to start soon, with the Government having already identified a contractor for the project. The … Read More
ZESA to introduce electric cars
ZESA Holdings will introduce electric vehicles from next year in a bid to curb vehicle abuse and fuel pilferage, the utility’s board chairperson has said. Dr Sydney Gata, who was … Read More
