Zimbabwe inaugurated the construction of a new 720-MW coal-fired thermal power station, joining the growing number of African nations who are utilizing their abundant coal resources in the face of opposition by the climate change fanatics.
On Dec. 2, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa presided over the ground breaking ceremony marking the construction of the new power plant located in Hwange, where there are abundant coal resources. The multi-billion-dollar project is being constructed as a joint venture between the Chinese owned Titan New Energy Limited, the state-owned ZESA Holdings, and Afrochine, a subsidiary of China’s largest privately owned steel manufacturer, Tsingshan Group which is also building Zimbabwe’s largest integrated steel mill.
“Electricity is the life blood of industrialization and critical for our mining, ag and manufacturing sectors, among others,” Mnangagwa said in his address, adding that the project is key to “achieving energy self-sufficiency and determination to leap towards a future driven by innovation,” reported The Herald.
The project was one of the results of the President’s visit to China to attend the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
