Zimplats is now importing 50MW of power from Zambia while pushing ahead with the construction of a solar plant, as it seeks more energy to power its US$1.8 billion expansion. The company, Zimbabwe’s biggest...
By Godfrey Marawanyika Zimbabwe's industrial electricity consumers and exporters aim to raise $250 million to build the first phase of floating solar panels on Lake Kariba. Members of the Intensive...
China Energy Engineering Corporation has proposed the construction of a 1000MW floating solar plant on Kariba dam at a cost of nearly US$1 billion. Zimbabwe is currently generating less than half of its 1,700MW...
French independent power producer HDF Energy plans to build Zimbabwe’s first green hydrogen energy plant in 2024 under an agreement with power utility ZETDC. The project, Middle Sabi Renewstable, will be developed in Chipinge’s...
Hwange’s new Unit 7 power station started a key phase on Monday after engineers began linking it to the national grid, a major step towards completion. As the numbers on the monitors ticked...
Distributed Power Africa and its partner EDF of France are to install 12MW of renewable energy for Africa Data Centres, the continent’s largest provider of data facilities. Through its South Africa unit, DPA Southern...
Ground conditions have forced Invictus Energy to abandon operations at its first drilling site, a reflection of the brave yet expensive risks that investors take on gas and oil exploration. In simple terms, Invictus...
Distributed Power Africa (DPA) is to install over 5MW of rooftop solar at key properties of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) Contributory Pension Fund, one of the country’s largest property holders. The NRZ...
Lithium is going to get less expensive in 2023, according to a Chinese supplier of the battery metal. Prices have already softened after a spectacular two-year rally labelled “insane” by Elon Musk and “unreasonable”...
The government is giving guarantees to 27 independent power producers, with projects of a combined 1000MW, hoping to clear a key hurdle that has kept energy investors away and left Zimbabwe facing power shortages.