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Publication date: 2016, July
Author: Oxford Univ
Description: This publication may be reproduced in part for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgment of the source is made. No use of this publication may be made for resale or for any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permission in writing from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.
Publication date: 2016, May
Author: IDA
Description: Tanzania is a low-income economy, with a population of about 51.8 million in 2014, projected to increase to 74 million by 2030. At present, about 73 percent of the population lives in rural areas, but during the next 15 years, Tanzania is expected to go through a period of intensive urbanization, with about half of its citizens projected to be living in major and secondary cities by 2030. Tanzania’s labor force is projected to increase from 20 million in 2014 to close to 45 million in 2030.
Publication date: 2015, December
Author: SE4ALL / AfDB / UNDP
Description: This Investment Prospectus aims at presenting the short-term priorities of the Tanzanian Government for the operationalization of the country’s SE4ALL Action Agenda (AA).
Publication date: 2015, May
Author: Power Africa
Description: Tanzania has experienced real annual GDP growth rates of 3% - 7% since the 1990s. In 2012, Tanzania’s real annual GDP grew by 6.4% (World Bank, 2014). Moreover, Tanzania passed the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) annual scorecard of country performance in 2013 and was selected in December, 2013 as eligible for a second MCC compact (MCC, 2014). Despite these positive developments, underinvestment and weak financial performance in Tanzania’s energy sector continue to be significant barriers to continued economic growth.
Publication date: 2015
Author: AfDB / CIF
Description: This document is extracted from the Tanzania Investment Plan produced by the Government of Tanzania with support from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank Group under the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Countries, a program of the Climate Investment Funds.
Publication date: 2014, October
Author: EWURA
Description: Main Objectives of the Electricity Act:
Publication date: 2014, June
Author: IED
Description: The National Electrification Program Prospectus was prepared by IED. The consultant’s team consisted of Jean Paul Laude (Team Leader), Heinz Pape, Cyril Perret, Preben Jorgensen, Henk Meyer and Robin Babut.
Publication date: 2014
Author: MEM
Description: Tanzania has abundant energy resources such as natural gas, coal, uranium and renewable energies (hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, bio-energies, tidal waves). Despite these resources, there is yet insufficient supply of modern energy services. The energy sector in Tanzania faces considerable challenges which include: mobilising funds for investment; attracting private capital in the electricity sub-sector; increasing connection and access levels to electricity; diversifying energy resources for power generation; enhancing affordability and reliability of power supply; and reducing power system losses both technical and non-technical.
Publication date: 2013, December
Author: GREENMAX
Description: GreenMax Capital Advisors (GreenMax) was contracted by the Lighting Africa Program to perform the Tanzania Market Intelligence study. The purpose of the study is to provide detailed information on the utilization and cost of current forms of lighting found amongst the “Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP)” population in Tanzania, the off-grid sustainable lighting products that have been introduced into the Tanzanian market, consumer attitudes towards these products and the supply and distribution chains that deliver them to the rural and peri-urban areas where the vast majority of the BOP consumers live and work. The goal is to inform stakeholders of key market issues and recommend how program interventions can support viable distribution models that will significantly increase the use of off-grid sustainable lighting products in Tanzania.
Publication date: 2013, May
Author: MEM
Description: The 2012 PSMP update is a joint effort by intergovernmental institutions which spent six months working hard and tirelessly to come up with this review. The entire work was carried out by a team of experts from Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MEM), President‘s Office, Planning Commission (POPC), Ministry of Finance (MoF), National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Rural Energy Agency (REA), Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO), Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA).
Publication date: 2013, May
Author: SE4ALL
Description: The purpose of this Rapid Assessment and Gap Analysis is to identify the gaps to meeting the sustainable energy for all goals in the Republic of Tanzania, within the context of its economic and social development and poverty eradication. It assesses where the country stands with respect to the three SE4ALL goals of the UN Secretary General’s initiative. The review provides an overview of the main challenges and opportunities relating to energy access, energy efficiency and renewable energy, with specifications of where the major investments, policies and enabling environments will be required. This analysis is to form the basis and background for an Action Plan that may follow as part of the SE4ALL activities in the country.
Publication date: 2013, May
Author: MEM
Description: Tanzania is endowed with diverse forms of renewable energy resources, ranging from biomass and hydropower to geothermal, solar, and wind. Much of this potential has not been fully exploited. Without doubt, if properly utilised, such renewable resources would contribute significantly to Tanzania’s energy supply, thus moving the country closer to achieving middle-income status, as envisioned in the Tanzania National Development Vision 2025.
Publication date: 2013
Author: Jorry Mwenechanya
Description: Tanzania, an East African country of 45 million people comprising 945,000 square kilometers, is among the world’s poorest countries. About 80% of the people live in the rural areas, where agriculture provides livelihoods to 90%. In the arid and semi-arid regions of the north and center of the country, most people depend on growing food crops and tending livestock. Under conditions of inadequate basic infrastructure and weak supportive institutions, agriculture and livestock generate incomes that pale in comparison to earnings from paid employment. Thus, extreme poverty in Tanzania has a distinctly rural character.
Publication date: 2008, June
Author: Tanzania Gov
Description: An Act to provide for the facilitation and regulation of generations, transmission, transformations, distribution, supply and use of electric energy, to provide for cross-border trade in electricity and the planning and regulation of rural electrification and to provide for related matters.
Publication date: 2003, February
Author: MEM
Description: The first National Energy Policy for Tanzania was formulated in April 1992. Since then, energy sub-sectors as well as the overall economy have gone through structural changes, where the role of the Government has changed, markets have been liberalised and private sector initiatives encouraged. Hence, the policy document has been revised taking into account structural changes in the economy and political transformations at national and international levels.
Nairobi, KENYA