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Zimbabwe to ban electric water heaters

2015-10-01 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: Zimbabwe is to ban the use of electric water heaters and require all newly built properties to use solar power, as it tries to tackle big power shortages. Energy officials say existing electric heaters - or geysers - will be phased out over the next five years. They hope to save up to 400 megawatts of electricity - equivalent to the output of an electrical power plant. Blackouts have dogged Zimbabwe, despite the fact that 60% of the population have no access to electricity. This has also...

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