Electricity problems to end as Hwange Unit 7 comes back online

Hwange Thermal Power Station’s Unit 7 will start feeding power into the national grid on Wednesday following completion of routine maintenance work on it.
This will boost the country’s power generation capacity.

Refurbishment of Unit 4 at the thermal power station was also completed yesterday, adding a further 100 megawatts (MW).

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Overall, the two units will feed a combined 400MW into the grid.

Unit 7 was undergoing statutory maintenance for the past month, while Unit 4 was undergoing extensive rehabilitation.

Energy and Power Development Minister Edgar Moyo told The Sunday Mail that the reintroduction of the two units would help ease load-shedding ahead of the festive season.

“On Saturday, November 25 (yesterday), we are adding 100MW to the grid,” he said.