Energy reality7 Jun 2023 13:05
"Tanzania’s electricity demand is growing at an annual rate of 13.82 percent, and will outstrip the country’s installed capacity,"
According to the Global Transmission Report, Tanzania’s power needs are expected to rise from 10,176GWh in 2022 to 28,663GWh in 2030, which requires approximately 9,000MW of new generation added to the grid in the next eight years
"CURRENT NEEDS 2022 - 10,176 GIGAWATTS
"Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project (JNHPP), otherwise known as the Stiegler’s Gorge project should be ready late 2024."
It should be ready for commissioning, but it only started filling in December and last year it was reported in-country hydro was suffering due to insufficient rain fall in the right places, so it is by no means guaranteed to be at capacity. Effectively an unreliable source in changing climatic conditions.
As for claims of renewable sources. A toe in the water exercise to appease the environmentalists was updated in the budget last week. Decided in 2015 the first 50Mw solar generation should be online with a further 100Mw to come in an unspecified future. Another unreliable source even more so given the length of days and prolonged clouds during months of rainy seasons.
If reporter has further updates since last weeks Tanzanian parliamentary documented then please provide links for people to verify.
However, giving him some r should I say his ghost writer the benefit of doubt (I don't) I would ask where the other 7,000 mega watts of generation are to come from over the next eight years considering all other in-country operators have failed to reach capacity requirements and are unable to change that ?