The water levels in Kariba Dam are dangerously low, mainly due to climate change-induced irregular rainfall patterns. The dam is shared between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The dam hosts hydropower generation plants for both countries. The installed generation capacity on the Zimbabwe side is 1,050 MW. On the Zambian side, the installed generation capacity is 1080…
On Wednesday (Jan. 4), Zambia’s power utility updated hours of load shedding to 12 hours daily until further notice. The state-owned company explained that its “ability to meet power demand" remained "constrained by the drastic reduction in available water in the Kariba reservoir."
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