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Wind power generation in Zimbabwe dates back to the 1970s when farmers were setting up wind farms to power their irrigation schemes and other operations at their sprawling ranches. After…

ZERA regulates the sector through licensing audits, monitoring of prices, setting standards and specifications; fuel quality audits and compliance audits. The petroleum sub-sector in Zimbabwe comprises of private and state…

The shift of seasons from summer to winter being signaled by erratic power cuts, is something we have all grown accustomed to. However, even as they are a common winter…

This area of power production has been largely ignored in Zimbabwe with little research or development taking place. Geothermal power has the advantage of being reliable, renewable and non-polluting. In…

The National Renewable Energy Project (NREP) and the Biofuels Policy (2020) has committed to a 33% reduction in green house carbon emissions by 2030 as well as a 20% ethanol…

Over the years, we have learnt that the greatest of all environmental challenges we have in Zimbabwe is not air pollution, veld fires, destruction of wetlands, water pollution, land degradation…

While solar power, wind turbines, and nuclear energy tend to draw the headlines, other energy sources such as biomass also have great potential. However, is it an environmentally friendly energy…

Geothermal resources consist of thermal energy from the earth’s interior stored in both rocks and trapped steam or liquid water. Zimbabwe has over thirty natural hot springs whose geothermal energy…

Achieving universal access to clean cooking fuels and technologies by 2030 requires shifting 130 million people away from dirty cooking fuels each year. Today, 970 million Africans lack access to…

Have you heard of nuclear energy before? Do you know what it is and how we get it? Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity and…