Editing Economy of Zimbabwe (section)

===Energy===
{{See also|Energy in Zimbabwe}}
The [[Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority]] is responsible for providing the country with electrical energy. Zimbabwe has two larger facilities for the generation of electrical power, the [[Kariba Dam]] (owned together with [[Zambia]]) and since 1983 by large [[Hwange Thermal Power Station]] adjacent to the [[Hwange]] coal field. However, total generation capacity does not meet the demand, leading to [[rolling blackout]]s. The Hwange station is not capable of using its full capacity due to old age and maintenance neglect. In 2006, crumbling infrastructure and lack of spare parts for generators and coal mining lead to Zimbabwe importing 40% of its power, including 100&nbsp;megawatts from the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], 200&nbsp;megawatts from [[Mozambique]], up to 450 from South Africa, and 300&nbsp;megawatts from [[Zambia]].<ref name=c>[http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_1996209,00.html Outages short Zim revival] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001000231/http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_1996209,00.html |date=2007-10-01 }}, October 9, 2006. News24</ref> In May 2010 the country's generation power was an estimated 940MW against a peak demand of 2500MW.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100505173612/http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE6420BC20100503] Reuters Africa; May 3, 2010; Zimbabwe, China in $400 mln power plant deal</ref>  Use of local small scale [[Engine-generator|generators]] is widespread.