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Inter Press Service: Zimbabwe`s planned Batoka Gorge power project on the Zambezi River is expected to generate 2,400 megawatts (MW) of electricity, upward from an initial 1,600 MW, but the worsening power cuts that are being blamed on low water levels have renewed concerns about the effects of climate change on mega dams.
In the past two months, the country's energy utility has increased power rationing, with rolling power blackouts being experienced for up to 20 hours across the country per day.
Zimbabwe has......
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Zimbabwe’s mega dam project could flounder in the face of climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 4th, 2015
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