Energy

Power Interconnector

GENDER SENSITIVITY

URBAN-RURAL CONNECTIVITY

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY

PIDA PROGRAMME:

2 - North-South Power Transmission Corridor

LATEST ACTUAL STAGE:

S3A: Project Structuring (2019)

PROJECT LOCATION

Zimbabwe

PROJECT INSTITUTION:

Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority

BENEFICARY COUNTRIES

Botswana

Namibia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

PROJECT DIMENSIONS:

Voltage: 76 kV

Power: 300 MW

STARTING_DATE:

COMPLETION_DATE:

PREPARATION COST:

0.00 million USD

CAPEX COST:

18.00 million USD

PROJECT STAGE:

S3A: Project Structuring

PROJECT FEATURED IN:

ZiZaBoNa Transmission Interconnector (Pandamatenga - Victoria Falls section)

Construction of the 76 km / 330 kV Pandamatenga to Victoria Falls section of the ZiZaBoNa transmission interconnector, i.e. Zimbabwe-Zambia-Botswana-Namibia. The construction of an interconnector aims to provide high power transmission to in order to relieve congestion on the SAPP grid supply power to the growing demand of Namibia.

DESCRIPTION

ZiZaBoNa creates a new Western Transmission Corridor in Southern Africa, by linking the power systems of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. This part of the project involves the construction of a 76 km / 330 kV transmission interconnector from Pandamatenga Substation (Botswana) to Victoria Falls Substation (Zimbabwe), with a transmission capacity of 300 MW.

OBJECTIVES AND RATIONALE

PROJECT RISKS

PROJECT ECONOMICS

NET PRESENT VALUE: 0.00
COST BENEFIT RATIO: 0.00
FINANCIAL INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (FIRR): 0.00
ECONOMIC INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (EIRR): 0.00
COMMENTS ON ECONOMICS: All-in Project funding requirement for the full ZIZABONA project, incl. contingencies, other Project costs, financing related costs, insurance and working capital is estimated at US$223m.

PROJECT FINANCING

	PREPARATION	CAPEX
COST:	0.00	18.00
COST SECURED:	0.00	0.00
FINANCING TYPE:
FINANCIERS:

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

OVERALL COST: 0.00

ANNUAL COST: 0.00

COMMENTS ON FINANCE:

Funding of approximately USD 34 million has been secured for Component A from the African Development Bank (AfDB). SAPP is mobilising resources for project funding for Component B and C and is having discussions with the AfDB in this regard

STUDIES

PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS

Private Sector Partner

South Africa - Transnet

Regional Coordinator

Southern African Development Community

Sectoral Organisation

Southern African Power Pool

Participating REC

Zimbabwe - Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development

Lead National Agency