In December 2021, CEC signed an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with Sinohydro to expand the solar farm by 33 extra MW over the next 12 months.

[1][2] The 1 MW power station was located on a piece of property measuring 1.1 hectares (2.7 acres), adjacent to the main campus of Copperbelt University, in the Riverside neighborhood in the city of Kitwe.

In December 2021, CEC contracted Sinohydro to expand the solar farm to 34 MW, with anticipated annual output of 56.5 GWh.

The power station, whose original design consisted of 3,864 photovoltaic panels, each rated at 270 watts, was the first grid-connected solar plant in Zambia.

[5] In February 2023, the completed 34 MW solar farm was officially commissioned in the presence of Hakainde Hichilema, the Zambian Head of State.