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Zimbabwe government is set to meet senior officials from ZESA Holdings and independent power producers (IPPs) as it seeks to deepen local electricity generation with new focus on renewable energy, particularly solar and wind.
This comes as some giants in renewable energy from the United Arab Emirates, have shown interest in setting up 100 MW wind and solar power plants in the country.
Renewable energy is increasingly becoming popular with global financiers given its friendliness to the environment, compared to thermal energy. Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo, revealed last week in an interview with The Herald Business.
Dr Gumbo, who had just arrived from a green energy conference organised by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, said his ministry now wants to pass legislation that gives effect to the new drive.
"As Zimbabwe, we are lagging behind several countries in terms of renewable energy and after the conference I attended last week, it has become imperative that we move with speed and create an enabling environment for the promotion of renewable energy," said Dr Gumbo.