The development of Batoka Hydro Power Plant in Zimbabwe is set to initiate in 2017. The plant will be based on the Zambezi River along the Zimbabwe-Zambia fringe.
Zimbabwe's Energy and Power Development Minister, Samuel Undenge, told columnists in Harare a week ago that the feasibility studies are required to be finished by June this year.
"This is a joint task in the middle of Zimbabwe and Zambia and with the great advancement of the feasibility thinks about, the undertaking will begin one year from now as we anticipate add more megawatts to our national lattice," Undenge said.
The World Bank is the boss agent of the venture which is required to produce 2,400 megawatts of power.
By, the obligation Zimbabwe owed the Central African Power Corporation (Capco) has been shut in an offer to give route for smooth participation between the two nations.
The obligation with the enterprise gathered amid the development of the Kariba Dam.
The administration has ascribed power lack the nation over to declining water levels at Kariba Dam.
Commentators however say that absence of legitimate arranging and poor administration of the Kariba Dam has prompted the present power supply issues which have shaken both Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), through its backup Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), supposedly depleted its water utilization limits by immense volumes bringing about an exceptional decrease of water levels in the dam.
Zimbabwe's present power need every day adds up to 2,200 megawatts yet the nation is producing not as much as a large portion of the prerequisite.
Bureau pastor Undenge has been under feedback for flame supposedly neglecting to enhance power supplies in the nation and along these lines neglecting to set up new power era ventures.
The Harare government has however concurred billion dollar manages China for the overhaul of various force plants. The activities are relied upon to be finished throughout the following couple of years.