Farai Mabeza, Senior Staff Writer 
EXPANSION of the Hwange Thermal Power Station is progressing steadily with 67 percent of the works now complete.
The US$1,5 billion project is a joint venture between Sino Hydro Mauritius which holds a 36 percent stake and Zimbabwe Power Company with 64 percent, through a company called Hwange Electricity Supply Company.
The project which will bring an additional 600 megawatts onto the national grid has been beset by Covid-19 disruptions and financial challenges that have pushed back completion by 258 days.
“…construction of Units 7 and 8 at the Hwange Power Station is at 66,73 percent against a target of 91,84 percent. The Zimbabwe Zhongxin Electric Project is overally 98 percent complete.
“The power plant design and construction is 100 percent complete, while the transmission line is at 90 percent with 1,3 km of the line section remaining for completion by the end of June 2021,” Information minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, told the media after this week’s Cabinet meeting.
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