National Energy Policy
The Policy updates Tanzania’s 1992 Energy Policy to account for structural changes and market liberalisation. Consistent with the 1992 policy, the central objective is: “to provide an input in the development process by establishing an efficient energy production, procurement, transportation, distribution, and end-user system in an environmentally sound manner”.
Specifically, the policy addresses Tanzania’s need to:
– have nationwide access to a reliable & affordable energy supply
– reform the energy market, implementing effective pricing and an adequate institutional framework
– enhance the development and incorporation into the grid of indigenous renewables
– adequately consider environmental impacts of energy activities
– increase energy efficiency and conservation across all sectors of government.
The Policy stresses the use of renewable and alternative energy sources such as wind, solar, hydro, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas. The use of alternative energy sources, such as biogas and briquettes, both for domestic and industrial uses is also encouraged to offset the use of charcoal and firewood associated with deforestation.
