The Ministry of Energy and Power Development in Zimbabwe is faced with challenge of reducing power consumption as currently only 65 percent of energy needs are able to be met. The nation which has traditionally derived about 60 percent of its energy from biomass has had to decrease its energy outputs as foreign currency reserves are low.
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Measures such as switching from to new fluorescent light bulbs, unplugging appliances, as well as adjusting life styles to times of the day when blackouts are less frequent have been proposed to help the country save energy. Industry has been hit hard as the parts and funds to maintain and repair power generation equipment have been hard to come by in the past years. Industry in the past has accounted for the lions share of demand for power in
