Essar Africa To End Zim’s Electricity Woes
19 February 2012
Zimbabwe Mail | February 18, 2012
Bulawayo,- Essar Africa Holdings Limited (EAHL), an Indian steel making company has applied to the government to construct and operate a 600 Megawatt (MW) station to generate and supply electricity across the Zimbabwe.
According to a notice by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA), the proposed electricity generation station by EAHL will be situated in the Sinamatela area, about 2kilometres from the Hwange airstrip.
EAHL is a subsidiary of subsidiary of the Indian based Essar Group that snatched 60 percent shareholding in the ailing Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) that amounts to 53 percent stake-in a partnership deal that seeks to revive operations at the steel company.
Bulawayo,- Essar Africa Holdings Limited (EAHL), an Indian steel making company has applied to the government to construct and operate a 600 Megawatt (MW) station to generate and supply electricity across the Zimbabwe.
According to a notice by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA), the proposed electricity generation station by EAHL will be situated in the Sinamatela area, about 2kilometres from the Hwange airstrip.EAHL is a subsidiary of subsidiary of the Indian based Essar Group that snatched 60 percent shareholding in the ailing Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) that amounts to 53 percent stake-in a partnership deal that seeks to revive operations at the steel company.