By JOHN SAKALA Energy Minister Matthew Nkhuwa says there was a flash-fire accident that hapened at the Kafue Gorge Lower Hydropower Plant (under construction) on Friday, 23rd October 2020 at around 11:30hrs. Mr Nkhuwa said preliminary investigations had revealed that the fire was started but a cutting torch. He sais three employees were assigned to […]
By JOHN SAKALAThree employees at Kafue Gorge Lower power station have been injured following an eruption of fire. There was fire at the Gorge which was caused by a cutting torch and later affected the inflamable paint. Energy Minister Matthew Nkhuwa, who confirmed the incident, said that he would issue a comprehensive media statement later […]
By Eng Geoffrey Chishimba Chiyumbe President Edgar Lungu in opening parliament on 11th September 2020, spoke about the need for innovation and resilience to drive our nation toward sustainable economic development. As daily power-cuts also called load shedding, become the new normal in Zambia, effects are being felt by households, farms and small businesses as […]
By JOHN SAKALA Energy Minister Matthew Nkhuwa says government has taken sufficient measures to end load shedding by May 2021. Speaking with The Independent Observer in an interview, Mr Nkhuwa said the first power generating turbine at Kafue Gorge Lower will start running next month in October 2020. He said the turbine will produce 150megawatts […]
…additional 450 MW by May 2021 By Staff Writer The Kafue Gorge Lower Hydro Power Project will soon be injected in the national grid and may reach 300 mega-watts by the end of the year (2020) before peaking at 750 mega-watts by May 2021. Project Director Wesley Lwiindi told a visiting ministerial delegation that the […]
By JOHN SAKALA Supremacy Investment Managing Director Stephen Chishimba has called Zesco to immediately make arrangements to import power to save the Zambian economy. Speaking with The Independent Observer in Chingola yesterday, Eng Chishimba said the immediate solution to the load management crisis is importing power to mitigate the situation. He said load-shedding is negatively […]
…but Eng Stephen Chishimba calls for importing of power as immediate mitigation measure By JOHN SAKALA A seasoned Lusaka based Civil Engineer Lytone Kanowa says Zambian Engineers are making themselves irrelevant by remaining mute amid load shedding crisis. Eng Kanowa who has an engineering bias in Water and Sanitation said amid such crisis, Zambian Engineers […]
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