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Tuesday, 04 March 2025

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Zimbabwe turns to energy conservation

The Ministry of Energy and Power Development in Zimbabwe is faced with challenge of reducing power consumption as currently only 65 percent of energy needs are able to be met. The nation which has traditionally derived about 60 percent of its energy from biomass has had to decrease its energy outputs as foreign currency reserves are low.

The country of Zimbabwe which has come under intense pressure and financial restrictions in the past years has been having a hard time paying for the 35 percent of energy which had to be imported.  Currently the demand for electricity was at 1,700 mW per day. Currently there are plans to decrease power consumption by as much as 15 percent which would translate into a savings of more then 200 mW.  This would be equivalent to shutting down two medium scale power plants.

Measures such as switching from to new fluorescent light bulbs, unplugging appliances, as well as adjusting life styles to times of the day when blackouts are less frequent have been proposed to help the country save energy. Industry has been hit hard as the parts and funds to maintain and repair power generation equipment have been hard to come by in the past years.  Industry in the past has accounted for the lions share of demand for power in Zimbabwe.

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