Zimbabwe commissions construction of Chinese-funded power plant

Photo taken on June 27, 2018 shows a cooling tower at the Hwange Thermal Power Station in Hwange, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday commissioned the construction of a 1.5 billion U.S. dollars Chinese-funded Hwange Power Station expansion project, the second major power development project by China in the southern African country in five years. The expansion to be carried out by China's power and engineering construction firm, Sinohydro, will add two generating units each producing 335 megawatts (MW). (Xinhua/Shaun Jusa)

Photo taken on June 27, 2018 shows the Hwange Thermal Power Station in Hwange, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday commissioned the construction of a 1.5 billion U.S. dollars Chinese-funded Hwange Power Station expansion project, the second major power development project by China in the southern African country in five years. The expansion to be carried out by China's power and engineering construction firm, Sinohydro, will add two generating units each producing 335 megawatts (MW). (Xinhua/Zhang Yuliang)

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa (4th L, front) attends the groundbreaking ceremony of Hwange Power Station expansion project in Hwange, Zimbabwe, on June 27, 2018. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday commissioned the construction of a 1.5 billion U.S. dollars Chinese-funded Hwange Power Station expansion project, the second major power development project by China in the southern African country in five years. The expansion to be carried out by China's power and engineering construction firm, Sinohydro, will add two generating units each producing 335 megawatts (MW). (Xinhua/Shaun Jusa)

Photo taken on June 27, 2018 shows the Hwange Thermal Power Station in Hwange, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday commissioned the construction of a 1.5 billion U.S. dollars Chinese-funded Hwange Power Station expansion project, the second major power development project by China in the southern African country in five years. The expansion to be carried out by China's power and engineering construction firm, Sinohydro, will add two generating units each producing 335 megawatts (MW). (Xinhua/Shaun Jusa)