Fri, 25 Aug 2017 13:16:02 +0000 By Bennie Mundando AN Indian firm, Sterling & Wilson Construction has commenced works on a 54 megawatt solar power plant in Kafue at a cost of US$60 million which is expected to be completed by May next year. Company head of human resource for the Northern Region, Atul Goyal, said 52 hectares of land in Kafue would be utilised for the project and assured Zambia that the project will be completed on schedule. Mr. Goyal said the project was part of the 600MW solar power generation plants that President Edgar Lungu had directed the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to develop to mitigate the power deficit by lessening the dependency on hydro- power. This is contained in a statement made available by first secretary press and tourism at the Zambian Mission in New Delhi, India, Bangwe Naviley. Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on Zambia’s High Commissioner to India, […]
