Abstract
Zimbabwe has suffered electrical power shortages resulting in electrical energy imports rising to between 40% and 50% of total energy needs. Electricity generation capacity has stagnated at around 2000 Megawatts (MWe) since 1985, when two thermal units totaling 440 MWe were completed at Hwange. The e.ective capacity is 1:75 GWe. The current plan is to increase capacity by installing 600 MWe at Hwange at a cost of at least US $ 600 million. Raising this level of capital is difficult hence over the last 15 years there has been a failure to increase capacity. This article is based on a study of bagasse
cogeneration in Zimbabwe and Mauritius conducted over a two-year period