The transport sector in Zimbabwe remains heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels, resulting in significant economic vulnerabilities, energy insecurity, environmental degradation, and public health risks. The chapter critically examines the urgent need for Zimbabwe to transition towards clean, renewable, and affordable energy solutions in the transport sector. Employing a systematic qualitative review of recent academic literature, institutional reports, and policy frameworks, the study explores the feasibility of electric vehicles (EVs), biofuels, and solar-powered transport systems within Zimbabwe’s socio-economic context. The main argument advanced by this chapter is that a successful transition to clean transport energy in Zimbabwe requires a deliberate, multisectoral strategy that aligns renewable energy deployment with industrial capacity-building, coherent policy reform, and inclusive stakeholder engagement to overcome structural and institutional barriers. The findings reveal that despite abundant solar resources and emerging opportunities in biofuels and renewable-powered transport, systemic barriers—including fragmented policies, infrastructural deficiencies, financing constraints, and limited public awareness—impede progress. The analysis highlights that an integrated approach combining renewable energy deployment, industrial innovation, policy reform, and strategic investment is essential for enabling a sustainable mobility transition. The chapter argues that achieving clean and affordable mobility in Zimbabwe is both an environmental and economic imperative, and offers policy, practice, and theoretical recommendations for facilitating the transition. Ultimately, the study contributes to broader discourses on sustainable transport and energy transitions in developing economies, emphasizing the need for coordinated, inclusive, and transformative action.

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Transforming Energy in Transportation: Pathways to Clean and Affordable Mobility in Zimbabwe

  • James Kanyepe

摘要

The transport sector in Zimbabwe remains heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels, resulting in significant economic vulnerabilities, energy insecurity, environmental degradation, and public health risks. The chapter critically examines the urgent need for Zimbabwe to transition towards clean, renewable, and affordable energy solutions in the transport sector. Employing a systematic qualitative review of recent academic literature, institutional reports, and policy frameworks, the study explores the feasibility of electric vehicles (EVs), biofuels, and solar-powered transport systems within Zimbabwe’s socio-economic context. The main argument advanced by this chapter is that a successful transition to clean transport energy in Zimbabwe requires a deliberate, multisectoral strategy that aligns renewable energy deployment with industrial capacity-building, coherent policy reform, and inclusive stakeholder engagement to overcome structural and institutional barriers. The findings reveal that despite abundant solar resources and emerging opportunities in biofuels and renewable-powered transport, systemic barriers—including fragmented policies, infrastructural deficiencies, financing constraints, and limited public awareness—impede progress. The analysis highlights that an integrated approach combining renewable energy deployment, industrial innovation, policy reform, and strategic investment is essential for enabling a sustainable mobility transition. The chapter argues that achieving clean and affordable mobility in Zimbabwe is both an environmental and economic imperative, and offers policy, practice, and theoretical recommendations for facilitating the transition. Ultimately, the study contributes to broader discourses on sustainable transport and energy transitions in developing economies, emphasizing the need for coordinated, inclusive, and transformative action.