Shugaban hukumar samar da wutar lantarki ta ZESA ta ce Zimbabwe za ta kara karfin megawatt 400 a tashar wutar lantarki, kashi biyar na bukatar wutar lantarkin da kasar ke bukata a halin yanzu, a karkashin dalar Amurka miliyan 455 na samar da wutar lantarkin ta na Hwange.
Kasar da ke kudancin Afirka ta rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniya ta shekaru 15 da kungiyar Jindal Karfe ta Indiya (JINT.NS) mai da hankali kan Afirka don sake gyara wasu na’urorin samar da wutar lantarki na zamani.
Yarjejeniyar, wacce majalisar ministocin Zimbabwe ta amince da ita a ranar 17 ga Satumba, an kammala ta kuma aka sanya hannu a cikin watan Disamba, in ji mukaddashin shugaban kamfanin ZESA Cletus Nyachowe a cikin wani sabuntawa a ranar Litinin.
“Yarjejeniyar ta shekaru 15 da Jindal za ta haifar da ingantaccen samar da wutar lantarki, wanda zai kara 400 MW ga kayan aikinmu a cikin watanni 48 masu zuwa,” in ji Nyachowe.
Ya kara da cewa “aikin gyaran jiki an saita shi don farawa a farkon kwata na 2026,” in ji shi.
A halin yanzu Zimbabwe na biyan rabin bukatar wutar lantarkin da ta ke da shi na megawatt 2,000 da kuma tsawaita wutar lantarki saboda raguwar karfin wutar lantarkin ta.
An inganta masana’antar Hwange mai karfin MW 1,520, mafi girma a kasar a cikin 2023 tare da kaddamar da raka’a biyu tare da kara 600MW. Amma tsofaffin rukunin da aka gina a cikin 1980s suna aiki a kashi uku na ƙarfinsu saboda lalacewa.
Tashar wutar lantarki ta Kariba da aka gina a shekarun 1960, ta kammala aikin inganta karfin megawatt 300 a shekarar 2018, wanda ya kara karfinta zuwa megawatt 1,050. Amma karfin samar da ita ma ya ragu a cikin ‘yan shekarun nan saboda sauyin yanayi da fari ya haifar.
Reuters/Aisha. Yahaya, Lagos
