IVZ - General Discussion, page-1384

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In 2020, the available generation capacity was 1,585 megawatts compared with a peak demand of 1,900 MW, forcing power outages of 12–14 hours a day,” the World Bank noted in its new “Electrifying Zimbabwe’s Growth Through Reliable and Universal Energy Access” report. Zimbabwe’s power shortages are estimated to cost the country a total of 6.1% of GDP per year, comprising 2.3% of GDP in generation inefficiencies and excessive network losses and 3.8% of GDP on the downstream costs of unreliable energy. “The electricity deficits have been weighing on the economy, particularly in mining, by reducing the margins of existing operations and on the feasibility evaluations for expansions and new projects,” said Victor Steenbergen, the World Bank’s senior country economist for Zimbabwe