{"id":9381,"date":"2012-03-28T03:35:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T01:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/zimbabwe-shortlists-bids-for-enlarging-power-plants\/"},"modified":"2012-03-28T03:35:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T01:35:59","slug":"zimbabwe-shortlists-bids-for-enlarging-power-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/zimbabwe-shortlists-bids-for-enlarging-power-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe shortlists bids for enlarging power plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">JOHANNESBURG, March 27<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Zimbabwe has short-listed<br \/>\neleven bidders for the expansion of its Hwange and Kariba South<br \/>\npower plants, with a winner expected to be announced in the<br \/>\nthird quarter of this year, its energy minister said on Tuesday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It has been battling power shortages due to growing demand<br \/>\nand ageing plants, limiting supplies to industry and the key<br \/>\nmining sector. Zimbabwe produces around 1,000 MW of electricity,<br \/>\ncompared with peak demand of 2,200 MW.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The extension of the Hwange thermal power station will add<br \/>\n600 megawatts (MW) to the Zimbabwean national grid, while the<br \/>\nextension of the Kariba South hydro plant will add 300 MW.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Elton Mangoma said companies from China, India, South Korea,<br \/>\nItaly and Brazil were among the shortlisted and the firms have<br \/>\nuntil the first week in June to submit a detailed proposal.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m hoping that it will not take more than three months to<br \/>\nadjudicate and thereafter award the tender. We are hoping that<br \/>\nin the fourth quarter we can move on the projects,&#8221; he told<br \/>\nReuters on the sidelines of an African power conference in<br \/>\nJohannesburg.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mangoma said additional units at the two plants will be<br \/>\noperated in a public-partnership between the Zimbabwe government<br \/>\nand whoever is chosen to build the plants.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The minister said Zimbabwe still owed around $85 million in<br \/>\nunpaid power imports, mainly to neighbouring Mozambique.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mangoma said he was meeting Mozambican officials on Thursday<br \/>\nto address the issue, especially after Mozambique halved its<br \/>\nexports to Zimbabwe to 50 MW due to the unpaid bills.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The minister said that together with neighbouring Zambia his<br \/>\ncountry had in February decided to revive the Batoka Gorge<br \/>\nhydroelectric power project, estimated to cost $2.5 billion, and<br \/>\nexpected to supply a total of 1,600 MW to the two countries.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG, March 27 (Reuters) &#8211; Zimbabwe has short-listed eleven bidders for the expansion of its Hwange and Kariba South power plants, with a winner expected to be announced in the third quarter of this year, its energy minister said on Tuesday. 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