Zesa clinches 300MW solar energy deal

THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC),  a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, yesterday signed a power purchase agreement with United Arab Emirates-based energy company Skypower to establish solar power plants that generate 300 megawatts (MW) of energy.

The agreeement was signed yesterday in Abu Dhabi at the World Future Energy Summit, which was attended by Energy and Power Development minister Edgar Moyo and officials from his ministry.

“The solar power plants will directly feed into our national grid,” Moyo said during the signing ceremony.

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