Tue, 09 May 2017 12:39:11 +0000 Dangote to sell surplus power By VIOLET TEMBO DANGOTE Industries Zambia is selling 8 MW surplus power to interested parties, says company plant director Ram Sharma. Mr Sharma said that Dangote has since opened up discussions for possible sale of the excess power to the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC). Speaking in an interview after familiarization tour of the cement mines and power plant respectively for seven of its top clients, Mr Sharma said that the company’s thermal power plant had capacity to produce 30 mega watts. “Dangote has its own power plant and we do not depend on ZESCO. This enables our company to be efficient and we are not affected by increase in proposed tariffs or load shedding, “Current production of our thermal power plants stands at 30 mega watts and production of cement only consumes between 20 and 21 mega watts,’’ he said. He said it […]
