PROJECT # 0004

Zizabona Power Transmission Interconnector

The ZIZABONA project aims at increasing trade in energy among Zimbabwe, Zambia, northern Malawi and north-eastern Mozambique, as part of the ZIZABONA transmission project that consists of transmission facilities in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia with a view to facilitate the establishment of a Western Transmission Corridor in Southern Africa and help decongest the existing Central Transmission Corridor passing through Zimbabwe.

The project is a segment of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) interconnection corridor and is expected to allow NamPower to import directly from Hwange in Zimbabwe whereas currently, electricity from the Hwanga Power Station is routed to Namibia through South Africa.

An Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, a Resettlement Action Plan and a Feasibility Study, were undertaken.