- Pretoria Portland Cement hosts a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a solar facility.
- The project will require an investment of $40 million.
Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) has launched a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a solar power plant equipped with storage. The launch was attended by Sekai Nzenza, the Zimbabwean Minister of Industry. PPC intends to build a 30MWp solar power plant to power its cement plant in Bulawayo, Matabeleland.
Construction works will be carried out by CentraWest, a consortium of the Chinese company Sinohydro and African Transmission Corporation Holdings (ATC). The project location is approximately 191 kilometres by road, south-east of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second-largest city.
To ensure the effective use of the solar power plant, PPC Zimbabwe plans to install an electricity storage system. The facility to be built in the town of Gwanda will have a capacity of 9MW/18MWh, making it one of the largest storage systems in Zimbabwe. “We are continually striving to achieve our sustainable development goal, and this investment demonstrates our commitment to boosting energy supply through innovative initiatives,” says PPC Zimbabwe.