Climatescope 2025

Zimbabwe

With a power score of 2.24, Zimbabwe ranks number 32 among Emerging markets and number 7 in Africa.

Power score
2.24/5

Fundamentals2.50/5
Opportunities2.29/5
Experience1.66/5
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Ranking over time2.24/5

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Overview

Zimbabwe has a power score of 2.24, which puts it at rank 32 in the Emerging Markets power ranking. The power score of Zimbabwe is higher than the average of 1.91 in Africa.

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In the chart above all geographies within the region are arranged by power score from left to right. The circles are sized based on the population.

Power

Power policy

Zimbabwe implements policies in 4/8 categories tracked by Climatescope; Renewable energy target, Support for customer-sited generation (rooftop and self-consumption), Tax incentives, and REC'S - Renewable Energy Certificates

Renewable energy target
Auctions/tenders (utility-scale)
Feed-in tariff/premium (utility-scale)
Support for customer-sited generation (rooftop and self-consumption)
Tax incentives
Renewables mandate/RPS/Supplier Obligation
REC'S - Renewable Energy Certificates
Priority generation dispatch

Power prices and costs

The average electricity price in Zimbabwe has increased from ~$200/MWh in 2023 to ~$283/MWh in 2024. Since 2019, the average electricity price in Zimbabwe has fluctuated between ~$102/MWh in 2019 and ~$283/MWh in 2024.

Electricity prices in Zimbabwe (2019-2024)

Power market

The top amount of capacity installed in Zimbabwe in 2024 was in Coal at 1.75GW.

Installed capacity (2019-2024)

Electricity generation (2019-2024)

The technology with the largest share of electricity generated in Zimbabwe in 2024 was Coal at 4.08TWh, down from 4.49TWh in 2023.

Investment in Zimbabwe (2019-2024)

Investment in clean energy in Zimbabwe was around $74.70M in 2024. This amounts to a decrease of around 77% from $318.15M in 2023.

Utility privatisation

Which segments of the power sector are open to private participation?

generation
transmission
retail

Doing business and barriers

Type
Question
Availability
Bilateral power contracts
Can a C&I (Commercial and Industrial) customer sign a long-term contract (PPA) for clean energy?
Currency of Corporate PPAs
Are other PPAs (eg. corporate PPAs) signed in or indexed to U.S. Dollars or Euro?
Fossil fuel price distortions - Subsidies
Does the government keep the wholesale price of electricity from fossil fuels artificially low through subsidies?
Fossil fuel price distortions - Taxes and carbon prices
Does the government significantly increase the wholesale price of electricity from fossil fuel through targeted taxes and/or carbon prices?
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