By OLIVER SAMBOKOZAMBIA risks drifting back into electricity load shedding following Zesco’s utilisation of its 83 percent of the 21 billion cubic metres water allocation at the Kariba Dam, the Daily Nation has learnt.Kariba North Power Station Bank (KNBPS) is the biggest power station contributing 1, 080 megawatts to the national grid when operating at full capacity. And giving an update on the water situation at Kariba Dam, Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) Chief Executive Officer, Munyaradzi Munodawafa disclosed that the lake is now at 481.55m from 482.16m recorded on August 4, 2021.Mr Munodawafa said water levels at the country’s biggest hydroelectricity power generation scheme, the Kariba Dam has steadily continued receding, losing 0.61m in one month alone.He also disclosed that as at August 31, 2021, Zesco Limited had utilised 17.35 billion cubic metres (BCM) of its 21 BCM water allocation (83 percent utilisation), while the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) had only utilised 15.72 billion cubic meters […]
KARIBA WATER CONTINUES RECEDING, THREATENS POWER GENERATION
