{"id":92084,"date":"2024-03-14T21:29:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T19:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/system-disturbance-knocks-off-hwange-power-station"},"modified":"2024-03-15T00:39:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T22:39:59","slug":"system-disturbance-knocks-off-hwange-power-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/system-disturbance-knocks-off-hwange-power-station","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;System Disturbance&#8221; Knocks Off Hwange Power Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Power utility ZESA Holdings says the national grid experienced a system disturbance on Wednesday morning which resulted in the loss of generation at the Hwange Power Station.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued around midday today, ZESA said the system disturbance has resulted in increased load shedding across the country. ZESA said:<\/p>\n<p>ZESA Holdings would like to inform its valued customers that the national grid experienced a system disturbance this morning at 0938 hours, resulting in the loss of generation at the Hwange Power Station.<\/p>\n<p>This has resulted in increased load curtailment across the country. Our engineers are working flat out to ensure the restoration of service in the shortest possible time.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Wednesday, ZESA Holdings\u2019 power generating unity, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), said that Hwange was generating 774MW, Kariba was producing 300MW, and IPPs were generating 31MW.<br \/>\nThis means locally generated power is currently less than 400MW against a peak demand of 2 200MW.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Power utility ZESA Holdings says the national grid experienced a system disturbance on Wednesday morning which resulted in the loss of generation at the Hwange Power Station. In a statement issued around midday today, ZESA said the system disturbance has resulted in increased load shedding across the country. 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