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Zimbabwe President Commissions Hwange Thermal Power Plant Expansion

The expansion takes the plant’s total installed capacity to 1,520MW.


By Sneha Abraham
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa conducted the groundbreaking ceremony for the Hwange thermal power plant’s expansion on 3 August. Located in the Matabeleland North province of western Zimbabwe, the plant now has an additional 600MW of capacity from its new units 7 and 8, added at a cost of about US$1.4 billion.

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