Government
says it has as envisaged in its integrated source plan to increase Zambia’s energy
capacity to 10,000 megawatts within five to 10 years.
Energy
Minister Peter Kapala says it is unfortunate that Zambia, despite attaining
independence over 50 years ago, only has an installed capacity of 3600
megawatts of power.
He said
Government has come up with a deliberate policy to only undertake feasibility
studies after entering into viable Power Purchase Agreements in order to
expedite the process of transforming Zambia into a regional generation and
export hub.
Mr. Kapala was
speaking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during a High Level –Power Dialogue on
Private Sector Investment in Electricity and Infrastructure development in
Africa.
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