Tanzania is on the verge of being connected with more gas supplies regions. This plan to boost electricity generation was announced by the country’s Deputy Minister for Energy, Subaira Mgalu. The regions involved include Arusha, Dodoma, Tanga, Kilimanjaro and Morogoro.
According to Mgalu, the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) has already embarked on a grand infrastructural project to connect natural gas for domestic and industrial use in the Dar es Salaam, Coast, Lindi and Mtwara regions.
“The plan is to reduce dependence of electricity as the only source of power for production by the industries,” he says.
Tanzania is in the process of implementing a mega hydropower at Stiegler’s Gorge along the Rufiji River in the Selous Game Reserve that will produce 2,100 megawatts
The country, with a population of approximately 55 million, has just 1,500MW of installed grid capacity.
Earlier, the Tanzanian President John Magufuli, promised to turn the country into a middle income industrial economy by 2025.