BUTTYSON KANDIMBA,
MAYENGO NYIRENDA
Solwezi, Chipata
RURAL Electrification Authority (REA) is this year set to implement over 140 projects countrywide following approval of the institution’s 2024 budget by the board.
And the authority is sourcing for US$10 million to provide subsidised electricity connections to about 40, 000 households under phase two of the project.
REA chief executive officer Linus Chanda said the 141 projects to be implemented this year are a combination of grid extension, renewable energy, solar home systems, biogas for schools and one wind power plant.
“These projects are divided across all the 10 provinces,” Mr Chanda said in an interview here yesterday.
He said the authority is determined to attain universal access to electricity by 2030.
“The allocation for 2024 has roughly increased by about 47 percent of what we had last year. This year, we have got an allocation of around K743 million from K490 million and those are the numbers that speak to what we can do and that has reflected in the number of projects,” Mr Chanda said…https://enews.daily-mail.co.zm/welcome/home
