Zimbabwe: South Africa-based PPC has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a US$40m project to build solar power plants with a joint output of 30MW to support its integrated Bulawayo and Colleen Bawn cement plants. The Bulawayo plant will set up a 10MW plant, with 5MW earmarked for internal use, while the Colleen Bawn plant will develop a 20MW capacity, 12MW being used internally, according to the Chronicle newspaper. The excess electricity will be fed in the national grid. PPC has chosen ATC Consortium to build and operate the solar plants under a 20-year power purchase agreement.
PPC Zimbabwe holds groundbreaking ceremony for solar projects
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