Zimbabwe loses Kariba Dam power

The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has ordered the suspension of electricity generation on the Kariba Dam, which supplies energy to Zimbabwe’s power utility, until January. Water storage at the dam stands at 4.6% of capacity, below levels needed to run power generation operations at Kariba South Bank Power Station, the ZRA said in a letter to the Zimbabwe Power Company. Zimbabwe generates 1,050MW of power from Kariba Power Station, half of its installed capacity of 2,100MW.