Zimbabwe Power Utility Warns of Increased Blackouts Due to Fault

  • Technical fault at coal-fired power plant has cut generation
  • Country is generating less than half its installed capacity

Cooling towers constructed at Hwange Thermal Power station in Hwange, Zimbabwe.

Photographer: Tafara Mugwara/Xinhua /Getty Images
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Zimbabwe’s state-owned power utility says it implemented increased power rationing due to a technical fault at a coal-fired power plant.

The national grid was experiencing reduced electricity generation capacity due to a technical fault at Hwange Thermal Power Station’s Unit 8, Zesa Holdings Ltd. said in an emailed statement on Saturday.