Zambia
Generation
Zambia: Maamba Collieries supplies full energy capacity amid winter
Maamba Collieries is working flat out to meet the nation’s peak season energy requirement with demand increasing in winter.
Solar
Power China awarded $548 million, 600MW ZESCO solar contract
Zambia's state-owned utility ZESCO has awarded renewable energy developer Power China a $548 million contract for three 200MW grid-connected solar farms.
Renewable energy
Two solar PV projects to alleviate loadshedding in Zambia
A Spanish-Japanese renewable energy business group is set to invest more than $200 million in two solar power projects in Zambia to alleviate loadshedding.
Generation
Kariba Dam spillway rehabilitation tender awarded
The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has awarded the tender for the rehabilitation of the Kariba Dam spillway, to a consortium comprising GE...
Generation
Zambia teams up with US company for large-scale hybrid project
A Zambian energy solutions company will embark on a feasibility study for a 150MW wind, solar and energy storage hybrid power project in north of the country.
Generation
Geothermal exploration underway in Zambia
Kalahari GeoEnergy announced the commencement of drilling slim wells at the Bweengwa River Geothermal Resource Area, in Zambia.
Finance and Policy
Zambia must use renewable natural resource to revive its economy
Zambia's economic growth is forecast to weaken to 2.5% in 2019, unless the country take advantage of its renewable natural resource to revive its economy.
Renewable energy
PayGo Solar Satellite TV in Zambia, launched
Azuri Technologies has officially launched its 24-inch solar satellite television and home lighting system in Zambia at the British High Commission in Lusaka.
Transmission and Distribution
World Bank debars Chinese tech firm linked to fraudulent practices
The World Bank has debarred ZTT in connection with fraudulent practices under the Lusaka Transmission and Distribution Rehabilitation Project in Zambia.
Renewable energy
Zambia: 34MW Ngonye solar PV plant comes online
The 34MW Ngonye solar PV plant, which is located in Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone in the country’s south, has commenced operations.
