‘Govt energy master plan anchored on solar’

THE government said it has developed a rural electrification master plan, mainly anchored on harnessing solar power that will see most rural communities electrified by 2030.

This was said by Energy deputy minister Magna Mudyiwa at the handover ceremony of a solar mini-grid benefiting over 10 000 people in Mashaba village, Gwanda South, yesterday.

In a speech read on her behalf by Sosten Zivuku, a director in her ministry, Mudyiwa said the Mashaba project, the first in the country implemented by
Practical Action, a developmental charity and is powering about 2 800 households, three irrigation projects, a clinic, three business centres and schools
demonstrated how provision of power can transform communities.

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