Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) holdings chief executive officer has revealed that the company has 13 new power stations under construction and hopefully that some of the stations will be completed and commissioned in 2025.
The new power stations are expected to further alleviate load shedding, which has left some areas enduring power outages lasting over 18 hours daily. Zimbabwe requires approximately 1,800 megawatts of electricity per day; however, current generation levels fall significantly short of this demand, leaving many households without power.
According to ZESA CEO, the new power plants will aggregate to 4600Megawatts which is almost three times our maximum demand at the moment.
“We have 13 new power stations either under construction or within 2025 they would have been commissioned.These are not plans,These are actual investments.They will aggregate to 4600Megawatts which is three times our maximum demand at the moment.We actually might have a challenge on how to utilize such an asset because l presume other countries are taking such scenarios. So the short answer is that by motivating and insisting the informal sector to share the best of intersect we will resolve the problem.” Zesa CEO said.
