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In 2014 the combined power generation from an installed capacity of 2,396MW was 14,453GWh, of which 91.2% came from hydroelectric plants. [ 1 ] The majority of the plants are owned and operated by ZESCO , the national power utility.
There are three power producing and distribution companies in Zambia; (a) Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (ZESCO), a government-owned company (b) Lunsemfwa Hydro Power Limited and (c) Ndola Energy. ZESCO, the largest of the three owns and maintains 94.7 percent (2306/2434) of installed hydropower capacity, as of 2016. [3]
The company operates nine hydropower stations with a potential combined capacity of 2,217.5 MW and eight small thermal power plants with a combined potential capacity of 11.3 MW resulting in a total of 2,228.8 MW. Due to poor maintenance and substandard practices, these capacities are not achieved.
Maamba Coal Power Station (MCPS), is a 600 MW coal-fired thermal power station in Zambia. The power station comprises an operational 300 MW power station (Unit I) commercially commissioned in 2016 and a second 300 MW power station (Unit II), under development, as of July 2024.
The Ngonye Falls Power Station, is a planned hydroelectric power station across the Zambezi River in Zambia. The power station will have maximum generating capacity of 180 megawatts (240,000 hp) when completely developed. The energy will be sold to ZESCO under a long-term power purchase agreement. [1] It is named after the nearby Ngonye Falls.
Lunsemfwa Hydro Power Company Limited (LHPC), is an independent power producer (IPP) company based in the city of Kabwe in Zambia, with investments in the Central Province of the country. As of August 2022, the firm owns two operational hydroelectric power plants, with generation capacity of 58 MW.
As of 2017, according to USAID, Zambia had installed generating capacity of 2,800 megawatts.Of these, 2,380 megawatts (85 percent) was hydroelectricity. [3] Peak electricity demand in Zambia has been recorded at 1,960 megawatts, with growth in electricity demand estimated at between 150 MW and 200 MW every year.
Chishimba Hydroelectric Power Station is a 15 megawatts (20,000 hp) hydroelectric power station that sits across the Luombe River in Zambia.The power station, first commissioned in 1959, was rehabilitated and expanded in 1971 and again expanded and modernized in the 2020s.