Despite increased power outgages; Zimstat claims electricity generation has increased by 18,2%

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Business Reporter

DESPITE increased power outages which have seen load shedding levels running up to 12 hours a day, the stats agency claims that electricity generation in the second quarter of the year, stood at 114.6, representing an 18.2 percent increase from the 97.0 recorded in the first quarter of the year.

This reflects a year-on-year increase of 11.7 percent when compared to 102.6 recorded in 2nd quarter 2024.

The increase in electricity production was driven largely by output from Hwange Power Station, which generated 1,945.6GWh, accounting for 68.1 percent of the total electricity produced during the quarter.

This was followed by Kariba Power Station, which contributed 786.4GWh or 27.5 percent of total generation.

Independent Power Producers (IPPs) made up the remaining 4.4 percent.

The report covers the period from 1st quarter 2019 to 2nd quarter 2025, using the Laspeyres index method, with first quarter 2019 as the base period.

ZimStat noted the index calculation is in line with the United Nations International Recommendations for the Index of Industrial Production (IRIIP) 2010.

Despite the increased domestic generation, electricity imports stood at 261.7GWh for the second quarter of 2025, representing a 14.3 percent decrease from 305.5GWh in the previous quarter.

Of the imported electricity, 48 percent came from HCB (Mozambique), while DAM (SAPP) and EDM (Mozambique) provided 22 percent and 12 percent, respectively.

Meanwhile, electricity exports dropped by 24.6 percent, with 266.7GWh exported in the second quarter, down from 353.6GWh in the first quarter of 2025.

“Of the 266.7GWh of electricity exported during 2nd quarter 2025, CEC received 150.1GWh translating to 63.6 percent and NamPower of Namibia received 47.5GWh translating to 20.1 percent,” said ZimStat.

Electricity distribution also recorded a notable rise.“The total volume of electricity distributed during the second quarter of 2025 was 2,150.7GWh.

“This reflected a percentage increase of 10.9 when compared to 1,938.5GWh distributed in 1st quarter 2025,” the agency said. The largest share of electricity consumption was by the manufacturing, transport, and construction sectors, which used 683.4GWh (31.8%), followed by mining and quarrying with 478.7GWh (22.3%), while domestic consumers accounted for 445.8GWh (20.7%).