{"id":112888,"date":"2025-11-16T22:07:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-plans-expansion-of-hwange-power-station-units"},"modified":"2025-11-17T00:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:04:32","slug":"zesa-plans-expansion-of-hwange-power-station-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-plans-expansion-of-hwange-power-station-units","title":{"rendered":"Zesa Plans Expansion of Hwange Power Station Units"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>ZESA Holdings is planning to boost electricity generation at Hwange Thermal Power Station by adding four new units as part of its long-term energy strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a recent visit by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Energy and Power Development, ZESA Holdings Group Acting CEO Cleopas Nyachowe said the plan would see the four additional units complement the station\u2019s existing eight units, increasing overall power output. He said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are calling them Hwange 9, 10, 11, and 12, but they may not necessarily be based around this area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know this region is rich in coal here in Binga and other areas, but most likely Hwange 9 and 10 will be closer to this location, and 11 and 12 will be in another area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this is an initiative that we are pushing, of course, together with green energy initiatives like solar and geothermal, which are also prominent around this place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The initiative will build on the recent commissioning of Units 7 and 8, which have added a total of 600 MW to the national power supply.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. ZESA Holdings is planning to boost electricity generation at Hwange Thermal Power Station by adding four new units as part of its long-term energy strategy. Speaking during a recent visit by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Energy and Power Development, ZESA Holdings Group Acting CEO Cleopas Nyachowe said the plan would see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":112887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-112888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zesa Plans Expansion of Hwange Power Station Units - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ZESA Holdings is planning to boost electricity generation at Hwange Thermal Power Station by adding four new units as pa ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-plans-expansion-of-hwange-power-station-units\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zesa Plans Expansion of Hwange Power Station Units\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ZESA Holdings is planning to boost electricity generation at Hwange Thermal Power Station by adding four new units as pa ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-plans-expansion-of-hwange-power-station-units\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-16T20:07:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-16T22:04:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/11\/sm_1763318354.924262.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-plans-expansion-of-hwange-power-station-units#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-plans-expansion-of-hwange-power-station-units\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zesa Plans Expansion of Hwange Power Station Units\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-16T20:07:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-16T22:04:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-plans-expansion-of-hwange-power-station-units\"},\"wordCount\":187,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-plans-expansion-of-hwange-power-station-units#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/11\/sm_1763318354.924262.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-plans-expansion-of-hwange-power-station-units#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-plans-expansion-of-hwange-power-station-units\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-plans-expansion-of-hwange-power-station-units\",\"name\":\"Zesa Plans Expansion of Hwange Power Station Units - 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