High School Student Invents Biofuel Solution For Sugar Shortage

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:43:27 +0000

As a sugar shortage looms, a high school student in Zimbabwe discovers that biofuel could be made from common reeds instead of sugarcane.

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Housing Developments In Zimbabwe Are Starting to Get Solar Panels From The Get-go!

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 20:15:02 +0000

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.

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Proposed 1,200 MW Floating Solar PV Plant In Zimbabwe Could Increase Generation By 44%

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 17:05:44 +0000

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 the utility company struggles to […]

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HDF Energy Signs MOU With Zimbabwe’s ZETDC For Utility-Scale Solar Project + Green Hydrogen Storage

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 20:05:56 +0000

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® in the Chipinge District, Manicaland […]

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New Coal-Fired Unit Operating at Zimbabwe’s Largest Thermal Power Plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:57:04 +0000

The first of two 300-MW units being built as part of the expansion of a coal-fired generating station in Zimbabwe has come online. The Zimbabwe Power Co. (ZPC) said the unit began sending electricity to the national grid late on March 20. ZPC in a statement said, “Power will be progressively fed into the grid […]

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Could The Transition To Electric Mobility On The African Continent Support Development Of Local Battery Manufacturing?

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:05:50 +0000

The transition to electric mobility presents a major opportunity for the African continent to leapfrog into the age of electric mobility, allowing most of the continent’s population to bypass the ICE age. Africa’s low motorization rates compared to other parts of the world makes this highly probable. Already in several African countries, there are some […]

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First Smart Microgrid In Zimbabwe Installed At Shopping Center In Harare

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 21:20:26 +0000

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 in 1980 before coming back […]

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Mozambique To Step Up Electricity Exports To Its Load-Shedding Stricken Neighbors

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:12:59 +0000

Mozambique currently has a low electrification rate with only 40% of its population having access to electricity. 36% of the population has access from the grid and 4% via off-grid projects. Mozambique wants to accelerate its access to electricity projects to meet its targets of universal access to electricity by 2030. This will be backed […]

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NeedEnergy Launches Its First Project As It Moves To Get Zimbabwe Closer To The Grid Edge

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 02:00:58 +0000

For the last couple of decades, Zimbabweans have been subjected to electricity rationing due to several reasons, such as frequent droughts affecting hydropower generation and regular breakdowns at the country’s aging coal power plants. This means most businesses operating in the commercial and industrial sector as well as in the mining and agricultural sectors generally […]

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