About a decade ago, looking around Zimbabwe and a lot of other African countries, I used to see a lot of barriers holding back large-scale adoption of rooftop solar for most homes and small businesses. The key barriers were: High upfront costs of hybrid solar plants, as the cost of … [continued]
Zimbabwe has been facing an electricity generation shortfall for over a decade now. The electricity generation crisis is a result of depressed generation at the country’s main power stations. The country has some aging coal power stations at the Hwange Power plant (920 MW from Units 1 to 6) that … [continued]
Sinomine Resources Group Co., Ltd. (Sinomine Resources) has been ramping up operations at its lithium mine in Bikita, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. They have invested more than $200 million towards exploration work, mine expansion, and other strategic projects according to data from the Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency. Some of the investment … [continued]
The commercial and industrial sector combined with the mining sector make up 69% of electricity demand in Zimbabwe according to the latest report from Zimbabwe’s energy regulator, ZERA. The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), which is the national electricity generation company, recently completed the construction of two 300 MW coal-powered units … [continued]
A new housing development near Highlands in Harare has 12 units as well as a club house, and all the units have solar and battery storage.
In last year’s elections in Kenya, electric mobility, utility-scale battery storage, energy efficiency, and green hydrogen featured prominently in election manifestos. The elections were held on the 9th of August 2022. Since then, President William Ruto’s government has reaffirmed Kenya’s commitment to transition to 100% clean energy by 2030. President … [continued]
After a very frustrating period of prolonged load-shedding that saw citizens only having electricity between midnight and 4am, the Zimbabwe government has declared the end of electricity rationing. This follows the completion of two 300MW coal-powered new generation plants. This new capacity is from the recently commissioned units 7 & … [continued]
China Energy Engineering Group has proposed to construct a 1,200 MW DC Floating Solar PV (FPV) plant on Lake Kariba to help alleviate Zimbabwe’s unprecedented electricity crisis. Zimbabweans are currently experiencing some of the worst electricity rationing in the country’s history, going up to 18 hours without electricity everyday as … [continued]
Hydrogène de France (HDF Energy) has announced that it has reached a further milestone in the development of Zimbabwe’s first high-powered green hydrogen power plant, the Middle Sabi Renewstable®, by signing an MOU with the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC). HDF Energy is developing the Middle Sabi Renewstable® … [continued]
A new smart microgrid at the 68 Ridgeway North shopping center in Harare is really a game-changer for the tenants in the complex. Charles Pickering was born in Kadoma, 149 kilometers southwest of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. His family was farming in the area. He then moved to the United Kingdom … [continued]
