Zonful Energy embarks on rural electrification programme

A PRIVATE solar power-generating firm, Zonful Energy, has embarked on a rural electrification programme through installing solar power at households on easy payment terms to augment government efforts to improve access to energy supplies.

The company’s chief executive officer, William Ponela told stakeholders during a demonstration of the project in Zvishavane on Friday that his firm was on a mission to reduce the energy supply gap in rural and peri-urban areas.
“I discovered that there is an acute scarcity to access to modern technologies in new urban settlements, rural and peri-urban areas in Zimbabwe and currently the country is generating below 1 300MW. Another way of meeting the total demand of about 2 200MW is by harnessing solar energy, which is very easy to use and reduces carbon emission,” Ponela said

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