Tanzania to Sign 400MW Power Supply Deal with Ethiopia
Tanzania will sign a deal to import
400MW hydro-power processed electricity from Ethiopia, within the coming weeks.
The national Ethiopia Electric
Company (EEP) made the announcement on August 27th 2016. Azeb Asnake, CEO of
EEP, said that this is expected to strengthen the economic relations between
Tanzania and Ethiopia.
He added that the deal will also
strengthen the ties between Tanzania and Kenya since the electricity will pass
through the latter in order to be delivered to Tanzania.
Currently (2016), the Grand Ethiopia
Renaissance Dam (GERD), which will produce hydro-electric power, is over 50%
complete and will be Africa’s largest dam.
GERD is located along the Nile River in the
Benshangul Gumz region near the Sudanese border. The dam will have power
generation capacity of 8,000MW. Tanzania Electricity Demand The average
electricity consumption per capita in Tanzania is 108kWh per year, compared to
Sub-Saharan Africa’s average consumption of 550kWh per year, and 2,500kWh
average world consumption per year. However, the demand for electricity in
Tanzania is estimated to be growing at 10–15% per year, with currently only 24%
of the total population having access to electricity. Tanzania also imports
power from Uganda (10MW), Zambia (5MW) and Kenya (1MW).
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