The Jatropha farmers who gathered to meet the BIF team last month at Kapiri Mposhi in central Zambia are optimists. Several years ago, organisations came and encouraged them to plant Jatropha, in the belief that

Zambian independent power transmission group, Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) continues to evolve as an independent power producer with progress reported by the company on its efforts to develop the 40 MW Kabompo Gorge hydroelectric project.

THE COPPERBELT Energy Corporation says its power supply to the Copperbelt is this year expected to increase from the current 470 megawatts to 530 megawatts. CEC managing director for operations Neil Croucher said expanding mining

COPPERBELT Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) has announced that its profit before interest and tax increased to US $34.46 million last year from US$15.7 million in 2010 on account of increased power uptake by the mines.

COPPERBELT Energy Corporation says it has not shelved plans to bid for a stake in a Nigerian state power company that is scheduled for privatisation. Nigeria plans a multi-billion dollar privatisation of its power sector

A Nigerian investment bank will partner Zambia's largest distributor of power in the financing and development of six new hydroelectric power stations worth over $1bn in Zambia, an industry official has said. The Managing Director

COPPERBELT Energy Corporation Plc and the Africa Finance Corporation have signed a deal aimed at financing the construction of two hydro-power projects in Zambia. Under the deal, the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) will finance the

LUSAKA Feb 1 (Reuters) - Zambia expects to have a power surplus of about 600 megawatts (MW) by 2016, which should help ease the electricity deficit facing southern Africa, an industry official said on Wednesday.

THE Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) has this year projected to produce 600,000 litres of bio-diesel from crude jatropha oil to meet its own fuel requirements. The company will next month start blending the fuel from

THE Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) is to invest US$ 140 million (K718.6 billion ) in a power generation project in Kabompo in preparation for the impending increase in the demand for electricity. This is