[miningmx.com] – INTERRUPTIONS to hydropower as a result of a crippling drought is forcing Tanzania to consider sourcing energy supply from fossil fuels, said Reuters in an article republished by BDLive.
“The main challenge we have been facing is overreliance on hydropower as the major source of electricity, which is hard to maintain due to unpredictable weather,” Tanesco’s MD Felchesmi Mramba told the newswire.
“We are hoping to reduce hydropower dependence to 15% once our gas-fired plants become fully operational,” Mramba said. According to Tanesco, gas power plants could provide 60% of the country’s electricity needs.
Tanzania’s government last year launched an electricity supply “roadmap” that aims to boost generating capacity from about 1,590MW today to 10,800MW in a decade, largely by building more gas and coal power plants, said Reuters.
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