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Hwange Power Station expansion

receives new transformers

ZIMBABWE ZIMBABWE’S electricity utility is due this week where ZPC and the Chinese firm Sino Hydro
to receive two auto sub-station transformers that are building two new units to add 300MW in
will help transmit and distribute power to be pro- November and another 300MW to the national
duced by a coal-fired facility under construction. grid by March 2023.
n a release on October 5, the Zimbabwe China Exim Bank is funding the $1.5bn
Power Company (ZPC) said construction is Hwange Thermal Power Station expansion pro-
underway on the foundations upon which the ject whose construction started in March 2019.
630MVA, 400/330KV transformers will stand. The 600MW of new output will be in addition to
Work on both Hwange units is now 94% com- the 920MW that the existing facility is designed
plete, it said. to produce.
“The new transformers will help reduce the Zimbabwe has been experiencing severe
numerous power interruptions that have had electricity shortages in recent months due to
a negative impact on households, industries, depressed output versus rising demand. By noon
human capital institutions and basic service on Thursday (October 6), ZPC was producing
delivery,” it said. 1,102MW yet estimated consumption is up to
The two machines will be installed at a 1,700MW. ™
sub-station in Hwange, west of the country

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