Tanzania:

Five Year Plan Calls for 200 MWe Geothermal Energy (East African Business Week)

The blueprint shows that nearly 200 MW will be generated from geothermal energy

(Courtesy CIA.gov)

Tanzania's Power System Master Plan for the years 2012 to 2017 will require short term financing of $11.4 billion.

The blueprint shows that in short term it requires $11.4 billion - about $1.9 billion per annum of which 73.5% is for generation.

The newly released energy blueprint dubbed Electricity Supply Industry Reform Strategy and Roadmap 2014-2025 (PDF), shows that the government hopes to increase installed generation capacity from the current 1,583 MW to over 10,000 MW.

The blueprint shows that nearly 4,000 MW will be generated from natural gas and 200 MW from geothermal.

About 24% of the Mainland Tanzanian population is connected with electricity services of which 7% is in rural areas. Demand for electricity is on average growing between 10% and 15% per annum.

To achieve the desired socio-economic transformation, Tanzania aims to increase connection levels to 30% by 2015, 50% by 2025 and more than 75% by 2033.

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