KANSANSHI Mining Plc has partnered with Total Energy to set up a 200 megawatts (MW) solar power plant at the former’s site in Solwezi.

Kansanshi Mine general manager Anthony Mukutuma said the mining firm is also investing in a 200MW wind farm in Serenje, Central Province.

Mr Mukutuma said the two green energy projects are aimed at promoting alternative sources of energy that are environmentally friendly.

“The project will see a combined capacity generation of 400 megawatts by putting that green power into the grid. We believe the dependency of our nation on coal will reduce,” he said. Mr Mukutuma said this recently when Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu visited Kansanshi Mine on a

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