Zambia’s energy regulator approved the construction of a high-voltage transmission line to link its copper rich North-Western province to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The $270-million Kalumbila-Kolwezi Interconnector Project will run 200 kilometers (124 miles) across the border of the African nations as a “major step toward strengthening regional power trade and advancing the government’s goal of attracting private sector investment in energy infrastructure,” Zambia’s Energy Regulation Board said in a statement Tuesday.
Zambia’s copper mines have been forced to look outside of the country for electricity supply after a historic drought slowed output from hydroelectric dams. The nation last ...