In an interview with CAJ News on Thursday, (January 3), ZESA Chief Executive Officer, Engineer Ben Rafemoyo, said most of the work on the first unit is almost complete.
 “Delay in sourcing installation materials had held up the commissioning of the plant which should have started generating power, exporting 40 megawatts to Namibia by this month,” said Rafemoyo. Engineer Rafemoyo said work on the unit is now expected to be completed by the 20th of this month and that commissioning should take place at the end of the month.
 “Refurbishment of the other three units covered by the NAMPOWER-ZESA agreement will be completed by August as Engineer teams from the two countries are working throughout to ensure that deadlines are met,” he said. The refurbishment project will unlock the generation capacity at Hwange and pay back US$40 million advanced by NAM-POWER through the electricity exports that will be increased from 40 megawatts to 150 megawatts at the completion of the project that comprises the four generation units-CAJ News.Â
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