“No Load-Shedding of Health facilities,Police Stations”

Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa says ZESCO has no intentions of load-shedding critical Institutions like health facilities and police stations.Mr. Nkhuwa has clarified that any power outages that may have occurred in some of these institutions could have been because of the current expansion of the roads in some parts of the country.He says some power cables had been cut in the process of the road expansion works leading to outages in some areas.Mr. Nkhuwa was speaking to journalists in Lusaka today after the launch of the solar and wind resource Atlas and hand over of the resource mapping measuring equipment to Zambia by the World Bank.Meanwhile, the Energy Minister said the solar and wind resource Atlas will provide variable information which will encourage developers to invest in solar and wind energy.Mr. Nkhuwa said the development also supplements Government’s efforts in diversifying generation of electricity in the country.And outgoing World Bank Country Manager, Ina Ruthernberg said Zambia is endowed with enormous renewable resources including solar energy, wind and small hydro.Mrs. Ruthernberg added that the maps will provide quick and easy access to solar and wind resource data. Post Views: 8
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