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A company owned by former Eskom acting CEO Matshela Koko, has been granted a licence to produce solar energy in Zimbabwe s Matebeland South Province.
Matshela Energy will build a solar plant which is expected to produce 100MW of electricity, in a bid to ease Zimbabwe s electricity supply crisis which has led to outages lasting up to 18 hours.
In a statement released Sunday, the country s energy regulator, Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) said the company will construct, own, operate and maintain the 100MW solar power plant called Matshela Energy in Gwanda, south of Zimbabwe. Subject to the Electricity Act and the terms and conditions of the licence, the licensee may supply electricity to any transmission, distribution or supply licensee who purchases electricity for re-sale and with approval of the Authority to any one or more consumers.