Zambia seeks to accelerate hydroelectric expansion, IPP investments

Following the government’s facilitation of a more investor-friendly regime to encourage generation and transmission schemes, more independent power projects (IPPs) are expected to emerge in Zambia, several of them supplying the fast-growing mining sector. According to Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) director for strategy and regulation Silvester Hibajene, Zambia will need 1,870MW more generation capacity in the next five years, at an estimated $4bn cost.