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Hit by drought and power cuts, Zimbabwe steps up battery storage

Bulawayo, ZimbabweThomson Reuters Foundation As worsening drought slashes the country’s hydropower production, creating lengthy power cuts, Zimbabwe’s industries are beginning to turn to solar panels and battery storage systems to keep business humming. Distributed Power Africa, a subsidiary of mobile phone provider Econet Global, has over the last year begun installing solar panels and Tesla-supplied […]