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Nigeria has signed a deal to build a 20MW hybrid hydro-solar power generating plant, the first instalment in a 300MW project. Two suspected poachers have been shot dead in a shootout with Zimbabwe rangers, near the Kazungula border post in Matabeleland North province.
The project is part of the country's plan to transition to clean and renewable energy solutions. Three other suspects were arrested and one of them managed to escape during Tuesday's incident, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) spokesperson, Tinashe Farawo, posted on X (formerly Twitter) platform.
The project will be built in Shiroro, in the central Niger state and will be a collaboration between the privately owned North South Power (NSP) Company and the state-run Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA). “We have recovered about 15 tusks of elephants, a point 375 rifle and five rounds of ammunition," Mr Farawo said, adding that Investigations were in progress.
"This is a pioneering project in terms of hybridising power in solar and hydro," Nigeria's Vice-President Kashim Shettima said during the signing of the agreement on Tuesday. The incident comes barely two months after six elephants were killed by poisoning before their tusks were removed by suspected poachers in Shangani Wildlife Conservancy, which is close to Hwange National Park.
He added that it will help the country diversify its energy sources. Wildlife conservationists have called for stiffer poaching regulations in Zimbabwe.
Nigeria has faced power problems for years, despite being a major gas and oil producer.
The country's inadequate and inconsistent electricity supply often causes widespread blackouts and power cuts and occasionally leads to total failure of the national power grid.
Most homes and businesses usually resort to generators, inverters and other sources of electricity to avoid dependence on the unreliable national grid.
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