Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Water-Pumping Windmills Hint at Wind Power Potential
Windmills used to be a common feature on Zimbabwe's remote farms. Their creaking blades pumped life into farming communities, drawing...
Andrew Mambondiyani is a journalist based in Zimbabwe with bylines in local, regional, and international publications, including BBC, U.S. News and World Report, MIT Technology Review, Yale E360, The Telegraph, Al Jazeera, Mongabay, Vice, and The Daily Beast, among others. He has an interest in climate change, clean energy, agriculture, sustainable development, and the environment in general.
Windmills used to be a common feature on Zimbabwe's remote farms. Their creaking blades pumped life into farming communities, drawing...
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