Energy

Local commercial and industrial energy users are operating in a more complex power environment shaped by rising demand, grid constraints, changing market rules and pressure to secure reliable, affordable electricity. For manufacturers, mines and other large energy users, the challenge is no longer simply whether to diversify their energy supply. …

Zambia’s commercial and industrial energy users are operating in a more complex power environment shaped by rising demand, grid constraints, changing market rules and pressure to secure reliable, affordable electricity. For manufacturers, mines and other large energy users, the challenge is no longer simply whether to diversify their energy supply. …

Zambia has signed contracts with five contractor consortiums to build 312MW of solar capacity spread across all 156 parliamentary constituencies, marking one of the most geographically ambitious power rollouts the country has attempted and one designed to solve two problems at once: chronic electricity shortages and stalled irrigation-driven agriculture. The …