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Asset classes
- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
Chokepoints
Company portfolio
ZESCO
35 facilities owned or operated across 2 layers and 3 countries — the cross-layer footprint of a single company.
35
Facilities
7.3 GW
13 power plants
13
Owned
22
Operated
Generation capacity by fuel
- hydro4.9 GW
- solar2.4 GW
Asset mix
Substations 22Power Plants 13
Where they operate
Under construction & proposed
- Masdar Zesco solar farmPower Plants · Zambia · 2.0 GW · 2027
- Mumbotuta CX hydroelectric plantPower Plants · DR Congo · 300 MW · 2028
- Mambilima II hydroelectric plantPower Plants · DR Congo · 202 MW · 2030
- Siavonga solar farmPower Plants · Zambia · 200 MW
- Songwe hydroelectric plantPower Plants · Malawi · 180 MW
- Mambilima I hydroelectric plantPower Plants · DR Congo · 126 MW · 2030
- Itezhi-Tezhi solar farmPower Plants · Zambia · 100 MW
- Kanona solar farmPower Plants · Zambia · 100 MW
Largest assets
- Kariba Dam hydroelectric plantPower Plants · Zambia · 2.1 GW · 1959
- Masdar Zesco solar farmPower Plants · Zambia · 2.0 GW · 2027
- Kafue Gorge Upper hydroelectric plantPower Plants · Zambia · 990 MW · 1977
- Kafue Gorge Lower hydroelectric plantPower Plants · Zambia · 750 MW · 2021
- Mumbotuta CX hydroelectric plantPower Plants · DR Congo · 300 MW · 2028
- Mambilima II hydroelectric plantPower Plants · DR Congo · 202 MW · 2030
- Siavonga solar farmPower Plants · Zambia · 200 MW
- Songwe hydroelectric plantPower Plants · Malawi · 180 MW
- Mambilima I hydroelectric plantPower Plants · DR Congo · 126 MW · 2030
- Itezhi Tezhi hydroelectric plantPower Plants · Zambia · 120 MW · 2016
- Victoria Falls hydroelectric plantPower Plants · Zambia · 108 MW · 1936
- Itezhi-Tezhi solar farmPower Plants · Zambia · 100 MW
- Kanona solar farmPower Plants · Zambia · 100 MW
- Chipata WestopSubstations
- Kabwe Stepdown SubstationopSubstations
- Kafue Gorge Phase 2 SubstationopSubstations
- Kafue Gorge SubstationopSubstations
- Kafue SubstationopSubstations
- Kafue WestopSubstations
- Kalumbila SubstationopSubstations
- Kansanshi SubstationopSubstations
- Kariba North Bank SubstationopSubstations
- Kariba North Bank Substation 2opSubstations
- Kasama South SubstationopSubstations
- Leopard's Hill SubstationopSubstations
- Luano SubstationopSubstations
- Lumwana SubstationopSubstations
- Lusaka WestopSubstations
- Mpika SubstationopSubstations
- Msoro SubstationopSubstations