Energy Minister, advocate Fortune Chasi has said that renewable energy is the way to go. His remarks follow a meeting with US ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr. Brian A. Nichols.
The US embassy in Harare said that the meeting was meant to discuss how Zimbabwe’s reforms will promote U.S. investments in traditional and renewable power generation.
Chasi who described the meeting as “Great meeting”, said that he was looking forward to furthering interactions with his US counterpart. He added that the probability of the US investing in into renewable energy is great.
Their meeting comes at a time when Zimbabwe is facing acute shortages of electricity and fuel. Chasi’s appointment resuscitated the hopes of many which were dying as the crises in the energy sector became worse every day.
The power utility, ZESA Holdings has introduced power cut schedules, locally known as load shedding to serve the little power the country is getting. ZESA attributes the shortage of power to shrinking water levels at Kariba dam and also on the debts the country has to power suppliers. As for the shortage of fuel, the major identified issue was the scarcity of foreign currency to import adequate fuel.
Renewable energy way to go: Chasi
— Fortune Chasi (@fortunechasi) June 6, 2019
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