The talk of diversification of the Zambian economy only becomes heavy when copper prices go down. There are now fears that since load shedding has now come to an end following good rains, diversification in the electricity generation mix and investments in solar may go slow. This fear has now been confirmed after it has emerged that the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has cancelled procurement proceedings for the ambitious Presidential Constituency Energy Initiative (PCEI). This is a nationwide solar energy project aimed at constructing 2MW solar power plants in all the initial 156 constituencies with the now...
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