{"id":215803,"date":"2025-12-05T21:47:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/zambia\/zambias-factories-burn-too-much-coal-how-reusing-hot-water-can-cut-energy-use\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T21:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:47:15","slug":"zambias-factories-burn-too-much-coal-how-reusing-hot-water-can-cut-energy-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/zambia\/zambias-factories-burn-too-much-coal-how-reusing-hot-water-can-cut-energy-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia&#8217;s Factories Burn Too Much Coal &#8211; How Reusing Hot Water Can Cut Energy Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"54\">Zambia wants to cut its national greenhouse gas emissions <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-10\/NDC%203.0%20COPY%20OF%20ZAMBIA%27S%20ICTU%20FOR%20SUBMISSION%20.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">almost in half<\/a> by 2030. But <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zda.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/8th-NDP-2022-2026.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">its 8th National Development Plan<\/a> aims to transform the country into a &#8220;prosperous middle-income nation by 2030&#8221; through industrialisation. And here&#8217;s the challenge: there isn&#8217;t an obvious way to replace the fossil fuels that are used in growing industries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">Zambia is badly affected by the climate crisis, with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/sadri_drought_resilience_profile_zambia.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">six extended<\/a> countrywide droughts <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2225-1154\/13\/11\/227\" rel=\"noopener\">since 2000<\/a>. In 2024 the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/zambia.un.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-06\/United%20Nations%20Zambia%20Information%20Update%20on%20Drought%20May%202024.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">drought<\/a> was declared a state of emergency and&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202512040003.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Southern Africa <a title=\"Zambia\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/southern-africa\/zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zambia wants to cut its national greenhouse gas emissions almost in half by 2030. But its 8th National Development Plan aims to transform the country into a &#8220;prosperous middle-income nation by 2030&#8221; through industrialisation. And here&#8217;s the challenge: there isn&#8217;t an obvious way to replace the fossil fuels that are used in growing industries. 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