Impact of the IDC

“This project represents what coordinated efforts can achieve. The collaboration and commitment shown by the key government institutions involved in this effort should be a model of how we can facilitate private sector growth. The growth of private sector investment in energy generation is an opportunity for us to focus on taking power lines to all parts of the country and beyond.”

President Edgar Chagwa Lungu

ABOVE: President Edgar Chagwa Lungu places a solar panel during the Commissioning of Bangweulu Power Company Ltd in the Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone BELOW: A plaque at the Bangweulu Power Company Ltd

“The introduction of solar to the national grid is a substantial reform. Lessons have been learned and necessary steps taken to integrate solar into the country’s energy mix. The rising electricity demand can be met through investments by involving public and private sector participation as evidenced by the solar power plants that IDC is spearheading.”

IDC Group CEO, Mr Mateyo C. Kaluba

BANGWEULU SOLAR PARK THE FACTS

• The project installed 453,000 solar panels

• The project injects about 100 Gigawatts of power

annually to the electricity grid.

• The project supplies power to 30,000 households

• ZESCO will buy power from the plant for 25

years at a tariff of 6 US cents per KWh, a record

low tariff in sub-Saharan Africa.

• 850 local people participated in the construction

of the project for a total of over 1 million man-

NGONYE SOLAR PARK THE FACTS

• The solar PV plant has an output of 34

MWp

• The plant uses single-axis tracking solar

panels, which tilt following the sun’s rays

• At full capacity, the solar park will inject

around 70 GWh per year

• The solar park will avoid the annual

emissions of over 25,600 metric tonnes of

carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.