By OLIVER SAMBOKOPOOR rains being experienced this season could plunge the country into a serious power deficit, an energy expert, Victor Hazemba, has warned.Mr Hazemba said the government should not wait for things to go to the worst but instead act immediately and start preparations to avert any possible load shedding in the country.There was a danger, he said, that the country could plunge into one of the worst electricity power crises following poor rains being experienced in the southern and western circuit, the major water flow contributor to the Kariba Dam.During the worst power crisis under PF, Zambia imported power from ships generating power off the coast of Mozambique.Kariba Dam is the country’s largest hydroelectricity power generation scheme, contributing 1, 080 megawatts of power to the national grid at full capacity.He said while the country’s demand for power has been steadily growing at an average rate of over 10 megawatts per year, Zambia has […]
POOR RAINS SIGNAL POWER DEFICIT, LOAD SHEDDING – ENERGY EXPERT
