1. MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND POWER DEVELOPMENT ZIMBABWE
COMESA WORKSHOP ON RENEWABLE ENERGY GUIDELINES – 11 AUGUST, Country Presentations DR. Sosten Ziuku
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MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND POWER DEVELOPMENT
ZIMBABWE

2. ZIMBABWE – Basic information
Location
Southern Africa
(central in between SA, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Mozambique)
Population
14 Million
Area
km2

3. MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND POWER DEVELOPMENT, ZIMBABWE
VISION To achieve Access to Sustainable and Modern Energy in Zimbabwe by Mission To provide adequate and sustainable energy supply through formulating effective policies and regulatory frameworks

4. ZIMBABWE – REGULATORY STRUCTURE

5. ZIMBABWE – UNBUNDLING STATUS
Up until 2002, ZESA was a vertically integrated utility
2003/2004 the utility was unbundled into 3 core companies:
A generation company (The Zimbabwe Power Company ZPC)
A Transmission company
A Distribution Company
Other companies formed were:
A Telecoms (Powertel) and
A manufacturing company (ZENT Enterprises)
The Transmission and Distribution companies were merged in 2010 to form a single company ZETDC

6. POLICIES AND LEGISLATION by MOEPD
The National Electricity Act of 2002
makes provision for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to participate in electricity generation.
Rural Electrification Fund Act of 2002
to spearhead rapid and equitable electrification of rural areas in Zimbabwe.
The Rural Electrification Agency has been extending the grid to rural areas through a 6% levy on utility bills
Petroleum Act (Chapter 13:22) of 2006
The Act focuses on Licensing and regulation of the petroleum industry.
Government has deregulated the oil sector to allow participation of private companies
The Energy Regulatory Authority Act of 2011 (Established ZERA)
The Act provides requirements, processes and regulations related to energy resource licensing.
National Energy Policy of 2012
promotes the increased uptake of renewable energy resources in the country among others.
Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (ZIMASSET) also promotes increased uptake of renewable energy ( )
Energy comes under the Infrastructure and Utilities Cluster.

7. Other Supporting instruments
The Biofuels Policy 2015
Draft has been completed
The Rural Energy Master Plan (REMP) - REA 2015
Draft has been completed.
The UNSE4ALL Rapid Assessment and Gap Analysis (2012, then updated 2015)
Work in progress
The Renewable Energy Readiness Assessment (RRA) - IRENA 2015
Draft completed.
1st and 2nd communications to the UNFCCC and INDCs – MEWC
Sustainable Energy for Children in Zimbabwe – UNICEF 2015

8. Renewable energy policy development 2017
Objective of the exercise
The objective of this exercise is to develop a Renewable Energy Policy that will help establish market oriented measures and regulatory instruments for the renewable energy sector in Zimbabwe.
Key proposals: Targets for RE technologies, setting up of a RE fund, RE bidding for procurement, FiTs for smaller projects <10MW, incentives for RE projects (National Project Status, Prescribed Asset Status and others)
REFiT and Comppetitive bidding schemes to come out of the new RE policy

9. ENERGY SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE
The main sources of energy used in Zimbabwe (coal, fuel wood, electricity, petroleum fuels and renewable energy)
Fuel wood (61%), coal (8%), liquid fuels (18%) and electricity (13%) in terms of the Primary Energy balance.
Overall national electricity access 42%
Access in rural areas 19%
Access in urban areas 80%

10. ENERGY SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE
Variable
Indicator 1
Indicator 2
Indicator 3
Installed Generation
1980MW
8700GWh in 2016
1200MW (current generation)
% of population with electricity Access
42%
% with off grid renewable <1%
(mini-grids)
Electricity Tariff
Residential (10c/kWh)
Prepaid system
Commercial
(12c/kWh)
Industrial and mining(LPU) (8.62c/kWh)
Electricity Losses
(TOTAL 17%)
Transmission 4%
Distribution 8% 5%
Electricity Trade
Imports (MW)
Exports (MW) 80

11. ENERGY SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE Electricity
The suppressed peak demand averages 1500 MW
The average internal power generation is about 1200 MW (2017)
Installed capacity is 1980MW

12. ELECTRICITY SITUATION - Utility
Electricity generation
station
*Current power
output (MW)
Installed capacity
(MW)
Capacity utilisation
(%)
Hwange thermal
500
920
54%
Kariba hydro
738
750
98%
Harare thermal 15
120
13%
Munyati thermal 20
100
20%
Bulawayo thermal 18 90
** Imports
300 -
Total
1 688
1 980
65%
*Typical generation figures as of 7 August 2017
**Imports of 300MW non-firm power from Eskom and 50MW firm power from HCB

13. ELECTRICITY SITUATION - IPPs
Electricity generation by Independent Power Producers
Name of IPP
Fuel Source
*Quantity (GWh)
Installed capacity
(MW)
Nyangani Renewable Energy (Pungwe, Nyamingura, Duru, Hauna)
Mini-hydro
14.18 27
Hypo Valley Estates
Co-generation (bagasse)
70.20 33
Triangle Limited
95.61 45
Border Timbers
Co-generation (Saw dust)
0.17
0.9
Chisumbanje
Co-generation (Bagasse) - 18
Dema Diesel Power plant
Diesel
200

14. ELECTRICITY SITUATION - Mini Grids
Name of Scheme
Date Installed
# of Mini Grids
Technology
Capacity (kW)
Status
Chipendeke
June 2010 1
Hydro 25
Operational
Claremont - 30
Non functional
Dazi
2011 20
Himalaya
2013 80
Hlabiso
Ngarura
Nyafaru
1990
Nyamwanga
Non-functional
Nyamarimbira
2003
Svinurai
2005
Chitofu, Rusape
Mashaba- Gwanda
2015
Solar 99
Lunar Chicken Farm
100
Nottingham Estate
2017
1500
REA (425 x 1kW)
425
Ruti Irrigation 4
TOTAL
440
2473
[2.5MW]

15. ENERGY SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE
Power plants under construction
Name of Power Plant(including offgrid renewable energy)
Technology Type
Capacity
Cost
Expected Year of Completion
Kariba South Extension
Hydropower
300MW
$532m
2018

16. ENERGY SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE
Planned Power plants
Name of Power Plant
Technology Type
Capacity
Estimated Cost
Status of Feasibility Study
Hwange 7&8
Thermal
600MW
$1.2billion
Completed
Gairezi Hydropower
Hydropower
30MW
$90M
Gwanda Solar
Solar
100MW
$140million
Ongoing
Insukamini Solar
$160million
Prefeasibility
Munyati Solar
Batoka Hydro power
2 x 1200 MW
(including Zambia)
$4billion

17. ZIMBABWE – SADC Electricity scenario
The existing interconnectors:
Mozambique – Zimbabwe (400KV, 500MW)
Zimbabwe - Botswana (132KV, )
Zimbabwe - South Africa (400KV, 600MW)
Zimbabwe – Zambia (330KV, )

18. ZIMBABWE – SADC Electricity scenario
INTERCONNECTORS
Zimbabwe is a member of the SAPP, and hosts the SAPP regional offices.
The Country’s network wheels power from North of SADC (Zambia, Mozambique, DRC) to the South (SA and Botswana) and vice-versa on behalf of the power pool.
The interconnectors projects aim to strengthen transmission network and increase the power transfer capacity for the SADC region. Currently the transmission system is limited and congested.
PLANNED INTERCONNECTORS
Name of Interconnector
Rated Capacity
Cost
Expected Year of Completion
Status of Feasibility
ZIMBABWE - ZAMBIA
(one of the 4 phases of ZIZABONA network)
400KV
$33million
2022
Underway.
MOZISA
Prefeasibility

19. ENERGY SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE Biofuels
Ideal national daily fuel consumption:
Unleaded petrol – 1.5 million litres
Diesel – 2.5 million litres
60 tons of LPG
Litres of Jet A1
Biofuels (ethanol, biodiesel blends)
Fuel transported by road, rail and pipeline

20. Zimbabwe - Biofuels Bio-Fuels Policy – pending approval
Statutory instrument 17 of 2013
-introduced mandatory blending through Joint Ventures with Government
- licensed E5, E10, E15, E20 and E85 blends (currently E15 as of 2017)
Biodiesel promotion (based on Jatropha)
- B5 license issued
Joint Venture Act valid for all Energy projects

21. SOLAR WATER HEATING
Government of Zimbabwe Launched the National Solar Water Heating program in September, 2015.
OBJECTIVES:
Is to retrofit all existing electrical geysers with Solar Water Heaters.
Install Solar geysers on all new buildings
This will assist in saving 300MW (ZIMASSET Target)
IMPLEMENTATION MODEL
Government is still looking at the modalities of implementing the programme.

22. Zimbabwe
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