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Zambia National Energy Policy (2019)

2019
Region
Africa
Countries of implementation
Zambia

The National Energy Policy (2019) has an policy objective for Sustainable Exploitation of Biomass - To promote sustainable exploitation of biomass and alternative energy to wood fuel resources in order to increase socio-economic development. The policy measures include 

-          Promote efficient and sustainable exploitation of biomass for household utilization;

-          Promote the use of alternatives to wood fuel;

-          Promote biofuels in the national fuel mix; and

-          Ensure that the use of biofuels for the energy market is given priority without compromising food security.

Keywords
energy, ploicy, wood, fuel, charcoal, production, alternative, Zambia
Type of initiatives
Policy
Level of intervention
National
Responsible agencies
Ministry of Energy (Zambia)