Renewable energy projects and Zimbabwe''s path to green energy
Zimbabwe''s renewable energy journey is at a crucial stage, with the potential to drive economic growth, create jobs, and improve energy security. While challenges such as
Owing to the dearth of studies considering RES integration across the different sectors in Zimbabwe, hence, this presents the status and energy policy evolutions, a concise strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) framework with outstanding challenges, and proposed solutions for sus-tainable energy development in Zimbabwe.
PV power station in Zimbabwe. It is based in Mutoko, fol-lowing a collaboration between ZESA and the government. Another example is the Gwanda Solar Project in Matebeleland, Zimbabwe. Gwanda Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project. Project construction is expected to commence by 2024.
Consequently, energy issues in Zimbabwe affect the economy, production, and other sectors, as energy contributes highly to the economic advancement of most southern African countries (Hlongwane and Daw, 2023; Kumba et al., 2023; Nyasha, 2024).
There are about four coal-powered thermal stations in the country, namely Munyati Power Station, Harare Power Station, Bulawayo Power Station, and Hwange Power Station, which have operated since the country gained inde-pendence approximately 50 years ago (Government of Zimbabwe, 2019).
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