October 2011 Vol 37, Mining and Industry Indaba
Zimbabwe Plans Six Hydroelectric Generators, Newsday Reports
Zimbabwe will need $30 million to build six hydroelectricity generators to ease power shortages in the country, Newsday said, citing Deputy Energy Minister Hubert Nyanhongo.
The hydropower generators will produce between 1 and 5megawatts of electricity each, Harare-based Newsday said on its website. Closely held South African power producer NuPlanet (Pty) Ltd. has a license to build a $12 million, five-megawatt generator at Lake Mutirikwi near the southern city of Masvingo, Newsday added.
Zimbabwe submitted a $40 million bid to exploit methane gas in Lupane, where a $470 million power plant will be developed once deposits have been quantified, Newsday reported. The southern African nation has about 27 trillion cubic feet of untapped methane-gas reserves, it said.
