President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has unveiled plaque and officially commissioned the Phase 1 35MW solar power plant at Zimplats’ Selous Metallurgical Complex.
The solar plant sits on 109 hectares and features 74 000 solar panels mounted on a single-axis tracking system, along with state of the art production control and security systems.
Phase 1A meets 12% of Zimplats’ energy consumption.
It is the first of the four-phase 185MW PV solar project to be implemented across Zimplats’ two operating sites in Ngezi and Selous.
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