The Hwange Thermal Power Station is the biggest power plant in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

 with an installed capacity of 920 MW. The plant was built during the 1980s, its location was chosen because of its proximity to coal fields. It is owned and driven by the national electricity company ZESA Holdings (Pvt) LTD.

Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority

Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority, officially called ZESA Holdings LTD., is a state-owned company whose task is to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity in Zimbabwe...

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Technical problems due to neglect of maintenance, part replacement and upgrading make the plant prone to frequent production stops. In 2009, Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

's NamPower

NamPower

NamPower is the national power utility company of Namibia. NamPower was founded in 1964 as the "South West Africa Water and Electricity Corporation" by the government of South Africa. Its offices are located in Windhoek...

made agreements to help ZESA to revive the plant’s capacity in exchange for power deliveries. The extensive problems are however continuing and have even led the government to considering a full close-down of the plant.

External links

• IndustCards - Coal-Fired Power Plants in Africa, retrieved 2010-03-22