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ZESA explains Monday fault which left Zimbabwe, except Bulawayo, in total darkness
28 Apr 2015 at 19:08hrs | Views
ZESA Holdings has restored power at its generating power plants following disturbances in Zambia that left the country, except Bulawayo, in darkness on Monday.
The power outages on Monday left the nation in darkness with only Bulawayo not affected as it benefited from power being generated in South Africa's Eskom with local power stations generating nothing at all for seven hours.
Workers at the power utility have managed to bring back Kariba Power Station back to normal earlier than Hwange Thermal Power Station which is expected to have three units running later in the day.
ZESA Holdings Group Chief Executive Officer Engineer Josh Chifamba says power generation has been restored, adding that they have not been connected to Zambia until the faults in that country have been resolved.
"The power failure took place in Zambia around 19:35 hours where they lost 600 mega watts and due to the inter-connectedness of 12 countries, the problem affected Zimbabwe with all power stations down. Bulawayo was the only town with electricity as it got supplies from Eskom, but we can inform the nation that power has been restored in our major generating units," said Engineer Chifamba.
This is not the first time that local power generating plants have been affected by faults in neighbouring countries as Hwange Thermal Power Station was last year affected by a major fault in South Africa losing all units.
The power outages on Monday left the nation in darkness with only Bulawayo not affected as it benefited from power being generated in South Africa's Eskom with local power stations generating nothing at all for seven hours.
Workers at the power utility have managed to bring back Kariba Power Station back to normal earlier than Hwange Thermal Power Station which is expected to have three units running later in the day.
"The power failure took place in Zambia around 19:35 hours where they lost 600 mega watts and due to the inter-connectedness of 12 countries, the problem affected Zimbabwe with all power stations down. Bulawayo was the only town with electricity as it got supplies from Eskom, but we can inform the nation that power has been restored in our major generating units," said Engineer Chifamba.
This is not the first time that local power generating plants have been affected by faults in neighbouring countries as Hwange Thermal Power Station was last year affected by a major fault in South Africa losing all units.
Source - zbc
