ZESA Feels Load shedding Heat

ZESA has installed solar panels at its head office to ensure that it has enough power supply.

In a shocking development, struggling power utility, ZESA, which is accountable for the crippling power crisis in the country which has seen some areas enduring 16-hour power cuts,  has installed solar panels at its head office to ensure that it has enough power supply.

Bloomberg reports that the electricity producer recently invited bids for a roof-top solar power at its head office to counter power cuts.

According to a Government Gazette published Nov. 22, Solar panels may also be installed at Zesa’s provincial offices.  Zesa’s spokesperson Fullard Gwasira confirmed the development.

The southern African nation has been hit by crippling power cuts due to depressed electricity generation at the Kariba South hydropower station, which has been severely affected by a precipitous decline in water levels.  The coal coal-fired generator at Hwange keeps breaking down.