Earth Day thoughts for me at the US Embassy Public Affairs meeting, on what Zimbabweans are doing to create Sustainable Communities.

1. Name: Collins Nyamadzawo
Title: Junior Energy Consultant.
Company Name: Energy and Information Logistics.

2. Take away all vegetation
from Earth, and mankind
will also disappear.
Take away mankind from
the Earth and see how
vegetation will flourish.

3. Environment refers to Natural life on Earth, i.e.
the global ecosystem.
Energy is the power to do work.
The Fauna and Flora provided energy from time
immemorial, even in the Garden of Eden.
Therefore we need to preserve it, our kids
depend on it and we need to protect it.

4. Climate Change!
The weather of an area,
averaged over a long period of
time.
Global warming
The unequivocal and continuing
rise in the average temperature of
the Earth Surface.

5. The earth’s temperature has rose by 0.8˚C and
greatly after 1980.
Emission of GHG like CO2, Nox, CFC and CH4 has
caused the rise of Hurricanes, Storms and
Tornadoes.
In Africa it’s a threat to our food security. Caused by
burning of fossil fuels forest destruction and
Agriculture.

6. The UN, World Bank got together to launch the
program partnered with OFID, IEA etc.
Sustainable, signaling the issue of Continuity
and Environmentally Friendly.

7. “Energy is the Golden thread
that runs through sustainable
Development”
“As an African, Energy Poverty
to me is a Personal Matter”,
Kandeh Yumkella.

8. Is Energy that important?
Africa loses 2-3% of its GDP because of inadequate
energy.
Women and Children become the substitute for the
lack of energy.
WHO says there are about 4 million deaths a year
because of inhalation of dangerous gas: lets save
them.
Energy access and Renewable Energy: because they
are easier to establish 1-1.5 years. Jobs are created.

10. NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY
The sustainable use of biomass
resources;
To support the transformation
of the economy from primary
commodity production to value-
addition, beneficiation and new
knowledge-based industries,
thereby creating jobs, reducing
poverty and maintaining
macroeconomic stability.
SADC Regional Energy Access
Strategy and Action Plan of
2010; proportion of people
without such access is halved
within 10 years for each end
use and halved again in
successive 5-year periods
ZIMASSET
Energy is a key enabler to
productivity and socio-
economic development;
Increased investment in
infrastructure such as energy
and power development;
Deliberate development of
solar and wind energy
initiatives.
100 MW being built as we
speak.

11. Increasing the mixing share. Europe has taken the
lead in this field in terms of harnessing Solar and
Wind. Norway and New Zealand for example;
Britain has per 1 turbine per 100Km2, Germany has
7, Denmark has 11.
Harnessing Energy is key especially in Africa, we burn
biomass and yet there is technology to gasify it.
To assist energy access, renewable energy is quicker
and can attend to all off grid matters.
Saudi Arabia has a 2032 target of 30% in the energy
mix;
We produce 67% from hydro.

12. Investment procedures are strict, very strict!
There is need for security of investments and
feasibility studies. Assistance can be granted by
OFID.
Policy implementation, tariff, strategies.
Off-taker Risk; hence World Bank and the UN;
Energy issues are a matter of politics, locally and
globally.

14. Japan In the last 40 years has doubled in GDP an
not in consumption;
Inefficiency hurts the environment, pocket and
the utility;
Sharing the available energy is key. Backed by
policy;
Savings of at least 15% and upto 50% in some
countries; money saved is used for
developmental issues.

15. National Energy Efficiency Audit underway;
Ring-fence tariff;
Lack of funds for Initiatives;
Tariff signal is totally wrong;
Prepaid meter has helped, but virus has spread;
ZIMASSET says there is a potential savings of
400MW but other experts say if you include the
supply side then we can reach upto 1 000MW.

16. Hampers production;
Causes accidents;
Destroys machines;

17. MISSION
EiL provides expert professional advise to clients in
energy markets in all aspects of primary energy
supply and energy conversion, energy
transportation and distribution, retail supply and
utilization, regulatory frameworks, tariff
methodologies and tariff structures. EiL leverages
the hands-on knowledge, skills, experience,
networks and motivation of its people and
networks to assist companies to improve their
energy productivity and business profitability for
sustainable development.

18. We do Energy Audits to identify wastages and
Opportunities;
We do Power Quality Analysis;
Energy Information Archiving;
Real time energy info access;

19. a. Qualification
b. Quantification
c. Optimization.
d. Realization.
e. Maintenance.

22. Nyamadzawo Collins N
nyamadzawocollins@gmail.com
www.collinsenergy.wordpress.com
+263 772777370, +263 739 196131
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Thank you