12 June 2006
Harare — Zimbabwe, in an attempt to alleviate the chronic shortage of electricity, has signed energy deals with China worth $1.3bn.
Zimbabwe, which is facing a cash crisis, would provide chrome to the Chinese to fund the building of three thermal power stations.
Zimbabwe has failed to maintain its power stations and currently imports 30 percent of its electricity from South Africa, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The agreement would see China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation building thermal power stations in Zimbabwe's Dande district, about 200km west of the capital, that could generate a total of 600mW.
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