Tanzania
-- Energy
Biomass
energy resources,
including
wood for
burning,
supply about
91% ofTanzania's
energy needs.
Petroleum
accounts
for only
7%; coal
and hydropowerprovides
the rest.
Daily household
use accounts
for around
85% of Tanzania
total energy
needs. The
country's
rural population
is almost
entirely
dependent
on wood
for fuel
andspends
about 20%
of their
day collecting
firewood.
PetroleumTanzania
imports
all its
crude oil.
Foreign
companies
haveexplored
for oil
in the Indian
Ocean of
Tanzania's
coast, but
to date
there havebeen
no promising
results.
The Songo
Songo gas
field has
an estimated
yield of42,890
million
cubic meters
[1] The
nation's
annual demand
for crude
oil is about
700,000
tons; it
requires,
in addition,
about 300,000
tons of
imported
refined
products
per year.
Therefinery
at Dar es
Salaam,
established
in 1967,
has a capacity
of 670,000
tonsper
year.
Electricity
Tanzania's
capacity
for generating
electricity
(70% hydropower)
operates
belowits
designed
capacity.
The Kidatu
complex
project
(phase III)
on the Great
RuahaRiver
has brought
the nation's
total generating
capacity
to 519 million
watts.Further,
the proportion
of hydro-power
in the nation's
total energy-generatingcapacity
will increase
with the
proposed
development
of sites
near Iringa
and Pangani
River.
Primary
Energy Balance,
1997
(million
tonnes equivalent)
|
Oil |
Gas |
Coal
|
Elect. |
Other
|
Total |
Primary
Production
|
0.00
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.44 |
8.66 |
9.10 |
Imports
|
1.13 |
0.00
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00
|
1.13 |
Exports |
0.03 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
-0.03 |
Primary
Supply |
1.10
|
0.00
|
0.00 |
0.44 |
8.66 |
10.20 |
Net
Transformation |
-0.30 |
0.00 |
0.00
|
-0.30
|
-0.05 |
-0.65 |
Final
Consumption |
0.80 |
0.00
|
0.00 |
0.14 |
8.61 |
9.55 |
Source:
TheEconomist
Intelligence.
Country
Profile,
Tanzania.
London,
1999.
[1]
Kurian,
George Thomas
1992. Encyclopedia
of the Third
World, fourth
edition,
volume III,
Facts on
File: New
York, N.Y.