Published: 7 hours ago

The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has taken Hwange Power Station's Unit 6 offline following a system failure, temporarily reducing the station's generation capacity.

Unit 6, one of the original thermal generating units at Hwange, has an installed capacity of 220 MW. In a statement issued on Tuesday, 7 October, ZPC said the unit will remain out of operation for three days and is expected to return to service on 10 October 2025.

"ZESA Holdings wishes to inform its valued stakeholders that Hwange Unit 6 has been taken off the grid due to a system failure," the statement read. "The unit will be out of operation for a period of three days and is expected to return to service on 10 October 2025. During this period, Hwange Power Station will continue operating with three units in service. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this outage may cause and appreciate your understanding as we work to restore full generation capacity."

ZPC reassured the public and stakeholders that operations at Hwange Power Station will continue with the remaining units while efforts to restore Unit 6 are underway.
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