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Africa : Use of Solar Energy Urged
27/Aug/2006: Zimbabwe and Namibia can immensely benefit from the use of solar energy as a viable source of power in view of the current electricity shortages.
As part of a drive to promote the use of renewable forms of energy and reduce the amount of imported fuels the Minister of Energy and Power Development of Zimbabwe Retired Lieutenant General Michael Nyambuya said "Savings in electricity can create virtual power stations with the saved electricity being made available to other productive sectors and also deferring the need to build new power stations.
"For example, studies have shown that water heaters in residential, health and tourism sectors consume 300 megawatts of electricity annually. Saving this amount of electricity is equivalent to a virtual power station of 300 megawatts," he said.
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