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Zimbabwean firm Associated Consultants in Africa (Ascon Africa) has confirmed to African Energy that it has signed a contract to conduct the environmental impact assessment for the 30MW Gairezi hydroelectric power project in Nyanga, Zimbabwe.

The London and Johannesburg offices of Norton Rose are advising Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) as sponsor of the Kariba South power station extension project.

Economic recovery has given a new impetus to the long-mooted Batoka Gorge hydro project on the Zambezi River, writes Chiwoyu Sinyangwe in Lusaka

Zimbabwe’s State Procurement Board (SPB) has finally awarded the tender for the 300MW Kariba South Power Station extension to Sinohydro, the Zimbabwe Herald reported. The daily paper said the Chinese company had bid about $368m for the contract, which was just over half of the $700m agreed with the Treasury in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in 2010.

The Ministry of Finance is seeking expressions of interest (EoIs) from consultants to conduct an environmental and social audit, and develop an environmental management plan, for the Hwange power plant and associated infrastructure.

The State Procurement Board has cancelled a tender for the expansion of Kariba South hydroelectric power station in which Sinohydro was the sole bidder.

Zimbabwe has put in place sufficiently attractive economic terms – led by cost-reflective tariffs – and is emerging from a bitter experience in managing political risk with an offer strong enough to attract investors to renewables and thermal generation projects, energy and power development minister Elton Mangoma told the annual Africa Energy Forum on 26 June.

Essar to lease Munyati; Indian consultancy lines up Zim refurbs; Zesa lowers its Cahora Bassa debt

Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is evaluating bids for the expansion of Hwange Power Station units 7 and 8 following a 5 June deadline for final bids. A total of 11 bidders have prequalified for the expansion of the Hwange and Kariba South plants, but no date has been set for final bids for Kariba.

State utility Zesa Holdings’ Zimbabwe Power Company has shortlisted 11 bidders to expand the Hwange and Kariba South power plants

Zesa Holdings has decided not to pursue a memorandum of understanding signed between the Zimbabwe Treasury and China’s Sinohydro for the expansion of the Kariba South hydro project, opting instead to pursue a public tender

The SAPP is putting on a brave face about prospects for the region’s electricity supply industry and its own performance, looking to inflows of investment to install more generation capacity across southern Africa and for the pool’s trading mechanisms to gain momentum

The Zimbabwe Electricity Regulatory Commission (Zerc) has approved a 31% tariff increase as part of a gradual move to cost-reflective tariffs to improve cashflow for state utility Zesa Holdings.  Zerc said the average tariff would rise to 9.3 cents/kWh from 7.5 cents from 1 September. 

Harare has taken another step towards tackling the country’s power supply deficit with the start of tendering for 900MW of new capacity at Hwange and Kariba

The beleaguered MDC energy minister is talking up prospects for encouraging investment to relaunch major generation schemes and, following a series of disappointments, expects to test investor appetite in coming months