Zesco to purchase more than 200MW from Maamba Collieries

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Zesco to purchase more than 200MW from Maamba Collieries

Zesco to purchase more than 200MW from Maamba Collieries

By admin - Tue Aug 30, 5:47 pm

The Energy Regulation Board regulatory consent for ZESCO Limited and Maamba Collieries Limited (MCL) to enter into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), under which 265.5 Mega Watts of the 300 Mega Watts from the coal powered thermal plant will be sold to ZESCO for a period of 20 years.

The project, which will be the first coal fired thermal power plant in Zambia, will not only contribute to meeting local energy demands, but also help to diversify electricity generation sources.

Currently, over 99% of the electricity generated in Zambia is hydro based.

The coal-fired thermal power plant will help improve national security of supply in the event of drought, which could adversely affect hydropower.

MCL will design, finance, construct, commission, own, operate and maintain the coal-fired power generation plant to be located at Maamba Town in Southern Province.

ERB Communications Officer Kwali Mfuni states in a News statement that the two single circuit 330 kilo volts lines will be constructed from the power plant to the ZESCO system at Muzuma substation.

ZESCO is expected to construct, test and commission the interconnection facilities in line with the Development and Connection Agreement and in order to provide for transmission of the generated power.

MCL, which is jointly owned by Nava Bharat Limited of Singapore and Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines–Investment Holdings-ZCCM-IH, expects to spend about 650 Million US dollars to develop Phase one of the project.

It is expected that phase one of the project will be completed and commissioned by 2014.
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Message Dim 4 Sep 2011 14:18

Zambia approves power purchase agreement between ZESCO and M

Zambia approves power purchase agreement between ZESCO and Maamba Collieries
Friday 02 Sep, 2011It is reported that Zambia's energy regulator approved the power purchase agreement between state electricity utility generator and a leading coal producer Maamba Collieries to allow for power transfer between the two companies for 20 years.

Zambia’s energy regulatory board said the agreement had been approved to enable the state utility, known as Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation to purchase more than 260 megawatts of thermal driven power from Maamba collieries.

Ms Kwali Mfune spokeswoman of Energy Regulations Board said that the authority was granted between the power utility, known as ZESCO and Maamba Collieries Limited to enter into a Power Purchase Agreement, under which 265.5 MW of the 300 MW from the coal Powered thermal plant will be sold to ZESCO for a period of 20 years.

She said that the project, which will be the first coal fired thermal power plant in Zambia, will not only contribute to meeting local energy demands, but will also help to diversify electricity generation sources in the country. Currently, over 99% of the electricity generated in Zambia is hydro based. She added that "The coal fired thermal power plant will help improve national security of supply in the event of drought, which could adversely affect hydropower."

The energy regulatory body welcomed the initiative by the country’s leading miner, Maamba Collieries to construct a more than 300 MW thermal generated power plant project expected to commence this year. Under the design, Maamba collieries, 65% owned by Singapore's privately owned company Nava Bharat, will design, finance, construct, commission, own, operate and maintain the coal-fired power generation plant to be located at Maamba Town, lying more than 200 kilometers south of the capital, Lusaka. Additionally, two single circuit 330kV lines will be constructed from the power plant to the ZESCO system at Muzuma substation within Zambia.

(Filed by Mr Kapembwa Sinkamba SteelGuru Correspondent Zambia)

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