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Solar power plant

The company shall construct the PV plant in Luangwa initially to generate 5-MW but eventually to scale this up to 100-MW in the first ten years at the rate of one 10 Mega Watt plant in each of the remaining eight provinces of Zambia. With exception the Luangwa site plant shall be 20 â€" MW making a grand total of 100 â€" MW for the Zambian market The company has already acquired 51 hectares of land to site this project in Luangwa with the council officials who have greatly embraced the project as the district currently uses two diesel thermal power generators to generate 1.5-MW of power.

Benefits:

Alternative to use of diesel thermal power generators.

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