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Chinese Government pledges financial support for construction of solar energy plant

Commitment Year•2010Country of Activity•ZimbabweDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ZimbabweSector•EnergyFlow Type•Vague TBD

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Pledge

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 6, 2010

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Zimbabwe

Loan desecription

Chinese Government pledges financial support for construction of solar energy plant

Narrative

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Project narrative

On 6 January, 2010, the Chinese Government announced plans to construct a solar energy plant in Zimbabwe. These plans were supplemented by another announcement on 26 October, 2010 that the project would be undertaken within the following three years. The project was announced by the Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Xin Shunkang, and the agreement for the project was signed by the Chinese Deputy Ministry of Commerce, Jiang Zengweni, in July 2010. In 2012 Xin Shukang reiterated that China was to fund the construction of solar and gas power stations in Zimbabwe during the next few years, under the auspices of FOCAC, but did not reveal further details. Also in 2012, a Zimbabwean paper reported the Chinese Government is actively implementing small power, solar and biogas projects for Zimbabwe, but the connection between the two reports is uncertain.