Tanzania’s first development likely at Lake Ngozi
Lake Ngozi, Mbeya, Tanzania (source: flickr/ Sara&Joachim, creative commons)
Francisco Rojas
3 Nov 2014
The deputy minister for Energy and Minerals, Mr Stephen Massele, said the latest survey showed Lake Ngozi in Mbeya Region had geothermal power for commercial exploitation for 100 MW.
According to local news, Tanzania is likely to develop its geothermal potential starting at Lake Ngozi, according to the country’s deputy minister for Energy and Minerals.
“Tanzania boasts of having a large share of geothermal capable of producing over 5,000 megawatts, yet it lacks expertise and financial resources to tap it, Prof Mruma said. Prof Mruma said Tanzania had just embarked on a strategy to tap the potential including carrying out geophysical surveys and creating a public firm to oversee its development.
Tanzania Geothermal Development Company (TGDC) is a subsidiary of the Tanzania Electric Supply Company incorporated towards the end of last year in a bid to expedite the harnessing of the natural resource.
Speaking on the sidelines of the conference, the deputy minister for Energy and Minerals, Mr Stephen Massele, said the latest survey showed Lake Ngozi in Mbeya Region had geothermal power for commercial exploitation.
He said shortly before closing the conference that notwithstanding constraints, the government was mobilising resources to drill geothermal at the lake which was capable of producing 100 megawatts.”
It is also stated in the piece that “Other geothermal potential areas, according to the TGDC general manager, Mr Boniface Njombe, include Kisaki, Luhoi, Central Zone, Maji Moto in Mara Region, the Western Zone, and Lake Eyasi”
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Source: The Citizen
