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Zimbabwe takes 600 MW of Hwange capacity off grid for maintenance

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Zimbabwe’s state power utility Zesa has taken Units 7 and 8 of Hwange Thermal Power Station, which generate a combined 600 megawatts, off the national grid for statutory maintenance. Work, which began the same day, is due to finish next year and could tighten electricity supplies nationwide, according to the Daily News.

ZESA, Zimbabwe’s national electricity operator, has taken Units 7 and 8 of Hwange Thermal Power Station off the national grid for statutory maintenance, the Daily News reports. The two units generate a combined 600 megawatts.

The maintenance, launched on the date of the report, is due to be completed next year. It threatens to tighten electricity supplies nationwide.

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