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Batoka Gorge Hydroelectric Project fraught with significant hurdles

The long-awaited Batoka Gorge Hydroelectric Project, heralded as a potential solution to Zimbabwe and Zambia's ongoing power shortages, may face insurmountable challenges that could delay or derail its completion. The multi-billion-dollar …

Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 07:06hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter

Zambia, Zimbabwe to re-tender $5bn Batoka hydropower plant

Zambia and Zimbabwe are retendering a $5 billion project to build a hydropower plant they previously awarded to General Electric and Power Construction Corp of China, and expect to select new bidders by September next year, an official sai…

Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

2 400 megawatt Batoka Gorge project good to go

An agency of the United Nations has cleared Zambia and Zimbabwe to build a $5 billion hydropower dam downstream from Victoria Falls, a Unesco World Heritage Site, the authority overseeing its construction said.The 2 400 megawatt Batoka Gor…

Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 20:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

AfDB appointed adviser for Batoka Gorge project

THE African Development Bank has been appointed lead financial adviser for the planned US$5-billion Batoka Gorge hydro-power dam, designed to supply Zambia and Zimbabwe, which are facing crippling power outages, according to the executive …

Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Batoka takeoff failure leaves Zimbabwe, Zambia facing uncertain power future

THE revelations by the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) that a consortium which clinched a deal to implement the 2 400-megawatt (MW) Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme (BGHES) was struggling to mobilise funding for the project is bad news to …

Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:35hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Covid-19 slows down Batoka Gorge project

THE developers of a US$4 billion hydropower plant on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border delayed the project until next year because of the coronavirus pandemic.Pre-construction work on the Batoka Gorge project has been suspended for several months…

Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:18hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter

ZRA warns of illegal recruitment for Batoka Gorge project

THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has warned the public not to be duped by bogus employment agents who claim to be recruiting workers from Hwange and Jambezi villages for the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme (BGHES) project for a fee.BGH…

Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:54hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter

US, China firms back Batoka project

President Emmerson Mnangagwa will next week meet representatives of major multinationals General Electric and PowerChina in a milestone indaba that will set the tone for construction of the massive Batoka Gorge Hydro Power Plant.The 2 400M…

Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

State to relocate villagers for Batoka power project

HUNDREDS of villagers living along the Zambezi River banks are likely to be displaced soon to pave way for the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme (BGHES) being initiated by Zambia and Zimbabwe.This was revealed by Zambezi River Authority c…

Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:29hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter

Zambezi River Authority invites bids for Batoka power station

The Zambezi River Authority will soon call for expression of interest for the development of a 1 600-megawatt hydropower station at the Batoka Gorge on the Zambezi River, an official said on Monday. ZRA is a corporation jointly and equally…

Published: 18 Oct 2012 at 04:30hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

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