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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by IronLion: [qb] [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [qb] ..... Most Zambians don't have electricity. The ones that do are primarily the white plantation owners.... but to hear you tell it these whites are living in poverty. And that school in Kenya is run by whites, even if blacks go there and there are a lot of white students there. It does not represent the education system for the majority of Kenyans.[/qb][/QUOTE]Zambia produces so much electricity it exports power to 4 Muurish African country. Dog read and get an education: [QUOTE] Lion says: Zambia exports power to several of its neighbours, however, only eighteen percent of the Zambian population have access to electricity. There are two major power entities in Zambia. ZESCO (Zambian Electricity Supply Company Ltd.) is the national authority and went up for privatisation in 1999. ZESCO generates power and is responsible for transmission and distribution. The other power organisation is CAPC (Central African Power Corporation). CAPC is jointly owned by Zambia and Zimbabwe. The two countries share equally the costs and output of the corporation. CAPC exploits the hydro potential of the Kariba complex, which consists of the Kariba North and Kariba South power stations, Kariba dam and any future dams which may be constructed on the Zambezi river. Lake Kariba is the collection point for a vast catchment area spanning several millions of square kilometres. The Upper Catchment extends over the western half of Zambia and into Angola. The Lower Catchment covers a large part of Zimbabwe and is fed by the lake, Cahora Bassa in Mozambique. Lake Kariba itself is about 300 km long and the international boundary between Zambia and Zimbabwe runs down the middle of the lake. CAPC operates the dam and the two Kariba power stations. ZESCO is responsible for bulk sales in Zambia and for the cost of generation at Kafue and Victoria Falls power stations. The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) is responsible for the costs of Bulawayo, Harare, Hwange and Munyati thermal power stations which link into the system. CAPC operates a transmission system from Kariba connecting into both the Zambian and the Zimbabwe networks. The system consists of 330 kV overhead lines linking Kariba and is paid for by the two national utilities. Zambia has an installed power capacity of 2500 MW, with 705 MW of this power coming from facilities at Kariba. The Government has paid K3 billion towards the electrification of the Kaputa district of the country. 121community-based organisations and 9 schools in rural areas of Zambia will be getting BP Solar panels to generate electricity for lighting, radio, television and refrigeration. The panels will be supplied by Apex-BP Solar, a subsidiary of BP France, which has been awarded a contract through its distributor Electrical Maintenance Lusaka Limited (EML) by Zambia Social Investment Fund. Apex-BP Solar will supply, the solar panels, EML will deliver and install the panels and also train their users in various schools and health centres in Zambia. The project will produce a peak power of almost 250 kilowatts (kWp). Zambia Social Investment Fund, a unit of the Ministry of Finance and National Planning, is managing a development credit agreement signed with the International Development Association (IDA). EML, which is based in Lusaka began its activities in 1964 and focused on electrical contracting services and maintenance. It has expanded over the years and employed at its peak a total staff of 600 employees active in various fields including the manufacture of electrical light fittings, domestic and security lighting, distribution boards and motor control centres. EML has succeeded in the last few years to become one of the major players in the solar industry in Zambia. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Lion says: List of Power Stations in Zambia serving Urban and rural areas: Kafue Gorge Power Stations, 900 MW Kariba Dam North Power Station, 720 MW (upgrading to 1080 MW scheduled finished December 2012) Victoria Falls Power Station, 108 MW Four smaller hydropower stations: Lusiwasi (12MW), Musonda Falls (5MW), Chishimba Falls (6MW) and Lunzua (750KW). [/QUOTE]Sorry Dog the malevolent, did that hurt? [/qb][/QUOTE]It hurt laughing so hard at you. Do you read your own posts: [QUOTE][b]Lion says: Zambia exports power to several of its neighbours, however, only eighteen percent of the Zambian population have access to electricity.[/b][/QUOTE]So yeah.... they are exporting the electricity and not providing it to their own people. And let me guess, you are going to say that the electricity is being consumed by Africans.... lol [QUOTE] nergy fuels economic development and the evidence is before our eyes every day. Businesses require a steady supply of energy to produce goods and services. Electricity allows school children to study after sunset and hospitals need it to save lives Insufficient or irregular energy supply is associated with significant economic cost for businesses and households. Lack of access to clean energy also creates a myriad of health and environmental hazards, such as indoor pollution from cooking on traditional open-fire stoves and deforestation. Unfortunately, affordable access to clean energy remains an elusive dream for most Tanzanians, especially those living outside of urban centers and the poor: Only 14 percent of the Tanzanian population has access to electricity in 2010. Rural areas are virtually disconnected from the national electrical grid: Only three percent of people living in rural villages use electricity, while 95 percent use firewood for cooking. Access to electricity is almost zero for the two poorest quintiles of households even in urban areas. Annual electric power consumption stands at less than 90 kilowatt-hours per capita, just enough to power one light bulb per person for three hours every day. Over the past decade, Tanzania has increased access to electricity at a rate of less than one percentage point per year. At this rate, it would take well into the 22nd century to achieve universal electrification. When managers of firms are asked directly about the most serious problems they face in conducting business, electricity comes out as their number one concern. Almost 75 percent of Tanzanian enterprises consider routine load shedding and power outages as the most serious constraint to doing business, while another 15 percent mention it as a significant problem. Of course, there are a number of reasons why progress in improving access to electricity has been slow. Expanding the electric grid to remote rural areas requires significant upfront capital investments and public subsidies, which often conflict with funding to other well-needed public services and investments, such as education, health and road infrastructure. An increase in power access also requires substantial investments along the production chain and in the transmission to firms and households. Technical choices are not always obvious since technologies and opportunities evolve over time, such as the recent discovery of new on-shore and off-shore gas reserves. Policymakers have to make a series of strategic decisions within and between sectors, which naturally involve trade-offs and in many cases uncertain economic benefits. And finally, governance also plays an important role in this sector, where less than perfect public utilities often operate as monopolies.[/QUOTE] http://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/only-14-of-tanzanians-have-electricity-what-can-be-done I certainly don't expect the world bank to do anything to fix this situation but you sit here and argue facts so here are the facts. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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