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Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy is an arm of the Power Generation Directorate that concentrates on green investments, its financing and technical innovations for a low carbon future.

Looking into the future and in recognition of the climate change influences, ZESCO is innovating renewable energy technologies. The continued economic transformation of Zambia depends on ZESCO’s ambitious increased power generation mix composed of a minimum of 800MW of solar energy, 5,00MW of wind energy, 5,00MW of hydro in the next 10 years.

AVAILABLE CAPACITY FOR SUBSTATIONS TO HOST VRES

IRRADIATION MAP

The map shows major substations and transmission lines in Zambia. The available capacities shown relate to the substation hosting capacities of VRES. While the capacities in some substations are huge, for purposes of grid stability, ZESCO Limited recommends Distribution Energy Resources (DER) of a maximum of 50 MWac at any Point of Connection.

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POWER GENERATION MIX

CARBON TRADING INITIATIVES

  • ZESCO Limited takes cognisance of climate change instruments, particularly carbon markets, that incentivize climate action by enabling parties to trade carbon credits generated by the reduction or removal of Green House Gases (GHGs) from the atmosphere, such as switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy or enhancing or conserving carbon stocks in ecosystems such as forests.
  • Article 6 of the Paris Agreement allows countries to voluntarily cooperate with each other to achieve emission reduction targets set out in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
Relevant provisions to ZESCO include;
  1. Article 6.2: Creates the basis for trading in GHG emission reductions (or “mitigation outcomes”) across countries
  2. Article 6.4: Establishes a mechanism for trading GHG emission reductions between countries under the supervision of the Conference of Parties – the decision-making body of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
  3. Article 6.8: Recognizes non-market approaches to promote mitigation and adaptation. It introduces cooperation through finance, technology transfer, and capacity building, where no trading of emission reductions is involved.
  • ZESCO aspires to explore carbon financing mechanisms for development of renewable energy projects, riding on the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) Grid Emission Factor and additionally principle

Power Generation Fragmentation
IPP/ZESCO ENERGY SOURCE Percentage(%) of Generation Capacity
IPP
47.01 %
1,665.3
Coal
8.5 %
300.0
HFO
2.96 %
105.0
Hydro
32.1 %
1,136.0
Solar
2.38 %
88.3
ZESCO
52.99%
1,876.8
Hydro
52.99 %
1,876.8
Total
100
3,542.1