Cabinet approves US$650 million Kariba floating solar project as Gwanda plant remains stalled

CABINET has approved the implementation of a US$650 million floating solar power project on Lake Kariba, despite lingering concerns over the stalled Gwanda Solar Project, which was awarded to late businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s company, Intratrek Zimbabwe.The latest initiative comes amid questions over the lack of progress on the Gwanda project, which was approved in 2015 as a 100-megawatt solar power plant intended to help ease Zimbabwe’s electricity shortages.