By OLIVER SAMBOKOGOVERNMENT should roll out an ambitious programme to construct solar power stations in all provinces to cushion electricity deficit in the country, an energy expert Victor Hazemba has said.Currently, Zambia has an installed capacity of over 2, 300MW that is mainly produced through hydro-power generation but due to low water levels, the country has been producing less electricity.Mr Hazemba said in May this year, the state-power utility company Zesco signed contracts worth $548 million with Power China to develop three solar power plants that would have added 600 megawatts (MW) to the national grid, but to date the projects have not kicked off.He said Government should not only depend on the Kafue Lower Gorge and the planed 2, 400MW Batoka Gorge power scheme by a consortium led by Power Construction Corporation of China (Power China) and General Electric (GE), to end loadshedding in the country but diversify into solar if the country was […]
Set up solar power stations, State told
