Germany Pays its consumers to use their National grid...Electricity bills come with negative figures, there is nothing wrong with suplus as long as its not from Diesel or some other expensive materialYou can build all the stations, but as long as the consumption market remains small, all you'll get is a surplus.
Germany Pays its consumers to use their National grid...Electricity bills come with negative figures, there is nothing wrong with suplus as long as its not from Diesel or some other expensive material
There are not many heavy industries in Tz. Domestic Consumer power per household has been dropping everywhere due to LED lighting, Efficient home appliances..So the demand will be from heavy indusrty and mining which JPM is now developingThere's nothing wrong with a surplus. But when you are generating too little electricity like 2000mw, and still get a surplus, what does that say.
South Africa is generating 50,000 mw, imports some more, but has a deficit.
Aiseee!Yaweza kua habari ya kale sana,TZ tunazaidi ya 240MW Hatuzitumii ni ziada...
Ila zinaweza tosha kuendesha treni mwezi November 2019...tuko well informed sio kutuletea kingereza kingi chenye habar za zamani...
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Wewe Mkenya unaleta porojo nyingi hapa bila kuwa na data. Naona moshi wa mabomu umeishakuathiri ubongo wako. Eti total installed capacity ya Bongo ni 878MW kwa sasa! Wacha ulongo. Unaongelea takwimu za miaka Saba iliyopita. Njia ya mtu muongo daima huwa ni fupi; ebu nipe mchanganuo wa MW zinazozalishwa na hydro power(currently), MW zinazozalishwa na thermal plants na pia MW zinazozalishwa na liquid fuel kisha nipatie the total installed capacity ya Grid System. Baada ya hapo tunaweza kuongea lugha moja. Leta data mazee!EA states stuck with excess power after building billion-dollar plants
Delays in implementing transmission lines could lead to financial losses.
IN SUMMARY
While investments in power generation projects have significantly increased their installed capacity, they have also resulted in what could become a paradox.
Currently, electricity surplus in the region stands at 878MW, with only Tanzania and Rwanda experiencing a deficit.
The surplus power is projected to hit 3,430MW by 2025.
Over the past decade, countries in East Africa have made multibillion-dollar investments in power generation, to connect more consumers to the grid and spur industrial as well as economic growth.
But while investments in power generation projects in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda have significantly increased their installed capacity, they have also resulted in what could become a paradox — excess capacity that could see countries suffer financial losses.
Currently, electricity surplus in the region stands at 878MW, with only Tanzania and Rwanda experiencing a deficit.
The surplus power is projected to hit 3,430MW by 2025.
Apart from national priorities, the investments in generation were driven by the understanding that the region will be a single power market interconnected through the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP).
RELATED CONTENT
East Africa's pool power projects yet to come to light
Phase One of regional power pool project set for completion
How solar energy is powering off-grid areas in East Africa
Boost for EA power pool project as Dar, Nairobi secure $600m
EA countries adopt energy security policy
The EAPP would farther connect with the Southern and West African markets, effectively transforming Africa into an integrated power trade market.
Financial losses
But delays in implementing transmission lines have led to fears that countries could suffer financial losses with electricity generation plants that cannot produce to full capacity.
Key projects that were expected to anchor electricity trade, particularly the Ethiopia-Kenya-Tanzania high-voltage lines, are behind schedule, which has denied countries with excess capacity the opportunity to trade in power and those with deficits to bridge the gap.
An analysis by the US government-led Power Africa Initiative shows that Ethiopia has the potential to earn over $200 million in power exports to Tanzania over the next four years.
Tanzania on its part could save up to $500 million by substituting its expensive emergency power with cheap imported electricity.
The Uganda-Rwanda line, the study notes, would save Rwanda $1.3 million to $2 million per month — money being spent on diesel generation — in 2019-2020. The savings represent about 15 per cent of the Rwandan utility’s monthly spend on energy.
Experts say that failure to accelerate regional interconnection to facilitate the power trade puts countries with excess power in a precarious situation due to charges that come with idle capacity.
“It is unfortunate that consumers are unable to utilise all the electricity produced, because sectors like manufacturing have not expanded in tandem with generation,” said Lamarck Oyath, managing director of renewable solutions firm Lartech Africa.
In Kenya, for example, the World Bank declined to guarantee the 310MW Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) due to the country’s weak grid, delays in completing the transmission line to evacuate the power, and concerns over the country’s ability to absorb all the power.
Now, LTWP has admitted that the windfarm in Turkana County in the north cannot generate optimally, with maximum generation capacity set at 65 per cent, yet Kenyan taxpayers had to pay a fine of $52.5 million after the government failed to complete the transmission line.
Kenya Power has also signed a power purchase agreement with LTWP and other generators that give them the comfort of recouping their investment despite the idle capacity.
Challenge
The challenge of surplus electricity has prompted Power Africa Initiative to mobilise at least $3 billion to help finance priority transmission lines to facilitate electricity trade in Africa.
“Unused power generation facilities result in lost opportunities and lost revenues for governments,” notes the Power Africa Transmission Report.
East Africa’s peak supply that stood at about 7,800MW last year and is expected to grow to about 17,800MW by 2025, with peak demand of about 7,000MW growing to about 14,400MW.
Uganda is the latest country to experience excess capacity following the commissioning of the 183MW Isimba hydropower dam, which pushed the country’s power generation capacity to 1,167MW, way above a peak demand of about 600MW.
In Kenya, power generation capacity stands at 2,250MW, against a demand of 1,640MW while in Ethiopia, the installed capacity stands at 4,206MW against a demand of 3,700MW.
Ethiopia and Kenya will have excess capacity, reaching as high as 1,900MW for Addis, when ongoing projects start generation.
Tanzania and Rwanda, which are currently experiencing a deficit of 485MW and 13MW respectively, will also have peak surplus when ongoing projects come on-stream.
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Wewe Mkenya unaleta porojo nyingi hapa bila kuwa na data. Naona moshi wa mabomu umeishakuathiri ubongo wako. Eti total installed capacity ya Bongo ni 878MW kwa sasa! Wacha ulongo. Unaongelea takwimu za miaka Saba iliyopita. Njia ya mtu muongo daima huwa ni fupi; ebu nipe mchanganuo wa MW zinazozalishwa na hydro power(currently), MW zinazozalishwa na thermal plants na pia MW zinazozalishwa na liquid fuel kisha nipatie the total installed capacity ya Grid System. Baada ya hapo tunaweza kuongea lugha moja. Leta data mazee!
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Hii taharifa siyo halali! Mitambo ya emergency (IPTL) imeshazimwa kitambo sana na wahusika wapo ndani sasa hapo report inasema Tz inapata loss kwa kutokuizima! Hiyo mitambo hipo Dar na tunapita ilipo, imezimwa toka 2016. Halafu Tz sasa hivi ina surplus thanks kwa umeme wa gas (kinyerezi). Report ya kijinga kabisa hiiEA states stuck with excess power after building billion-dollar plants
Delays in implementing transmission lines could lead to financial losses.
IN SUMMARY
While investments in power generation projects have significantly increased their installed capacity, they have also resulted in what could become a paradox.
Currently, electricity surplus in the region stands at 878MW, with only Tanzania and Rwanda experiencing a deficit.
The surplus power is projected to hit 3,430MW by 2025.
Over the past decade, countries in East Africa have made multibillion-dollar investments in power generation, to connect more consumers to the grid and spur industrial as well as economic growth.
But while investments in power generation projects in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda have significantly increased their installed capacity, they have also resulted in what could become a paradox — excess capacity that could see countries suffer financial losses.
Currently, electricity surplus in the region stands at 878MW, with only Tanzania and Rwanda experiencing a deficit.
The surplus power is projected to hit 3,430MW by 2025.
Apart from national priorities, the investments in generation were driven by the understanding that the region will be a single power market interconnected through the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP).
RELATED CONTENT
East Africa's pool power projects yet to come to light
Phase One of regional power pool project set for completion
How solar energy is powering off-grid areas in East Africa
Boost for EA power pool project as Dar, Nairobi secure $600m
EA countries adopt energy security policy
The EAPP would farther connect with the Southern and West African markets, effectively transforming Africa into an integrated power trade market.
Financial losses
But delays in implementing transmission lines have led to fears that countries could suffer financial losses with electricity generation plants that cannot produce to full capacity.
Key projects that were expected to anchor electricity trade, particularly the Ethiopia-Kenya-Tanzania high-voltage lines, are behind schedule, which has denied countries with excess capacity the opportunity to trade in power and those with deficits to bridge the gap.
An analysis by the US government-led Power Africa Initiative shows that Ethiopia has the potential to earn over $200 million in power exports to Tanzania over the next four years.
Tanzania on its part could save up to $500 million by substituting its expensive emergency power with cheap imported electricity.
The Uganda-Rwanda line, the study notes, would save Rwanda $1.3 million to $2 million per month — money being spent on diesel generation — in 2019-2020. The savings represent about 15 per cent of the Rwandan utility’s monthly spend on energy.
Experts say that failure to accelerate regional interconnection to facilitate the power trade puts countries with excess power in a precarious situation due to charges that come with idle capacity.
“It is unfortunate that consumers are unable to utilise all the electricity produced, because sectors like manufacturing have not expanded in tandem with generation,” said Lamarck Oyath, managing director of renewable solutions firm Lartech Africa.
In Kenya, for example, the World Bank declined to guarantee the 310MW Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) due to the country’s weak grid, delays in completing the transmission line to evacuate the power, and concerns over the country’s ability to absorb all the power.
Now, LTWP has admitted that the windfarm in Turkana County in the north cannot generate optimally, with maximum generation capacity set at 65 per cent, yet Kenyan taxpayers had to pay a fine of $52.5 million after the government failed to complete the transmission line.
Kenya Power has also signed a power purchase agreement with LTWP and other generators that give them the comfort of recouping their investment despite the idle capacity.
Challenge
The challenge of surplus electricity has prompted Power Africa Initiative to mobilise at least $3 billion to help finance priority transmission lines to facilitate electricity trade in Africa.
“Unused power generation facilities result in lost opportunities and lost revenues for governments,” notes the Power Africa Transmission Report.
East Africa’s peak supply that stood at about 7,800MW last year and is expected to grow to about 17,800MW by 2025, with peak demand of about 7,000MW growing to about 14,400MW.
Uganda is the latest country to experience excess capacity following the commissioning of the 183MW Isimba hydropower dam, which pushed the country’s power generation capacity to 1,167MW, way above a peak demand of about 600MW.
In Kenya, power generation capacity stands at 2,250MW, against a demand of 1,640MW while in Ethiopia, the installed capacity stands at 4,206MW against a demand of 3,700MW.
Ethiopia and Kenya will have excess capacity, reaching as high as 1,900MW for Addis, when ongoing projects start generation.
Tanzania and Rwanda, which are currently experiencing a deficit of 485MW and 13MW respectively, will also have peak surplus when ongoing projects come on-stream.
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There are not many heavy industries in Tz. Domestic Consumer power per household has been dropping everywhere due to LED lighting, Efficient home appliances..So the demand will be from heavy indusrty and mining which JPM is now developing
Household consumption in kwh units is dropping everywhere including kenya. Household appliances are very efficient todayWith or without LED, lighting consumes only around 10% of the electricity in a modern home. So that's not an argument you can use.
Heating and appliances are the biggest consumers of energy in the house, and if household consumption is dropping as you say in Tanzania, it shows the spending power is also dropping.
No reason why people with money should not have refrigerators, water heaters, TVs, ovens etc.
Also, even in industrialized nations, industrial customers (manufacturing & mining included) consume less than 30% of total production.
EA states stuck with excess power after building billion-dollar plants
Delays in implementing transmission lines could lead to financial losses.
IN SUMMARY
While investments in power generation projects have significantly increased their installed capacity, they have also resulted in what could become a paradox.
Currently, electricity surplus in the region stands at 878MW, with only Tanzania and Rwanda experiencing a deficit.
The surplus power is projected to hit 3,430MW by 2025.
Over the past decade, countries in East Africa have made multibillion-dollar investments in power generation, to connect more consumers to the grid and spur industrial as well as economic growth.
But while investments in power generation projects in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda have significantly increased their installed capacity, they have also resulted in what could become a paradox — excess capacity that could see countries suffer financial losses.
Currently, electricity surplus in the region stands at 878MW, with only Tanzania and Rwanda experiencing a deficit.
The surplus power is projected to hit 3,430MW by 2025.
Apart from national priorities, the investments in generation were driven by the understanding that the region will be a single power market interconnected through the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP).
RELATED CONTENT
East Africa's pool power projects yet to come to light
Phase One of regional power pool project set for completion
How solar energy is powering off-grid areas in East Africa
Boost for EA power pool project as Dar, Nairobi secure $600m
EA countries adopt energy security policy
The EAPP would farther connect with the Southern and West African markets, effectively transforming Africa into an integrated power trade market.
Financial losses
But delays in implementing transmission lines have led to fears that countries could suffer financial losses with electricity generation plants that cannot produce to full capacity.
Key projects that were expected to anchor electricity trade, particularly the Ethiopia-Kenya-Tanzania high-voltage lines, are behind schedule, which has denied countries with excess capacity the opportunity to trade in power and those with deficits to bridge the gap.
An analysis by the US government-led Power Africa Initiative shows that Ethiopia has the potential to earn over $200 million in power exports to Tanzania over the next four years.
Tanzania on its part could save up to $500 million by substituting its expensive emergency power with cheap imported electricity.
The Uganda-Rwanda line, the study notes, would save Rwanda $1.3 million to $2 million per month — money being spent on diesel generation — in 2019-2020. The savings represent about 15 per cent of the Rwandan utility’s monthly spend on energy.
Experts say that failure to accelerate regional interconnection to facilitate the power trade puts countries with excess power in a precarious situation due to charges that come with idle capacity.
“It is unfortunate that consumers are unable to utilise all the electricity produced, because sectors like manufacturing have not expanded in tandem with generation,” said Lamarck Oyath, managing director of renewable solutions firm Lartech Africa.
In Kenya, for example, the World Bank declined to guarantee the 310MW Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) due to the country’s weak grid, delays in completing the transmission line to evacuate the power, and concerns over the country’s ability to absorb all the power.
Now, LTWP has admitted that the windfarm in Turkana County in the north cannot generate optimally, with maximum generation capacity set at 65 per cent, yet Kenyan taxpayers had to pay a fine of $52.5 million after the government failed to complete the transmission line.
Kenya Power has also signed a power purchase agreement with LTWP and other generators that give them the comfort of recouping their investment despite the idle capacity.
Challenge
The challenge of surplus electricity has prompted Power Africa Initiative to mobilise at least $3 billion to help finance priority transmission lines to facilitate electricity trade in Africa.
“Unused power generation facilities result in lost opportunities and lost revenues for governments,” notes the Power Africa Transmission Report.
East Africa’s peak supply that stood at about 7,800MW last year and is expected to grow to about 17,800MW by 2025, with peak demand of about 7,000MW growing to about 14,400MW.
Uganda is the latest country to experience excess capacity following the commissioning of the 183MW Isimba hydropower dam, which pushed the country’s power generation capacity to 1,167MW, way above a peak demand of about 600MW.
In Kenya, power generation capacity stands at 2,250MW, against a demand of 1,640MW while in Ethiopia, the installed capacity stands at 4,206MW against a demand of 3,700MW.
Ethiopia and Kenya will have excess capacity, reaching as high as 1,900MW for Addis, when ongoing projects start generation.
Tanzania and Rwanda, which are currently experiencing a deficit of 485MW and 13MW respectively, will also have peak surplus when ongoing projects come on-stream.
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Tunajenga kinyerezi
Tunajenga bullet trains
Tunajenga bagamoyo port
Tunasafirisha minofu ya mbuzi dubai
Tunaruka hadi mumbai
Hizi tuna ndizo nyingi kwetu wabongo zero action na haya yote tuwalimbikizie nyang'au na tuwatukane ili tujiskie tuko tu sawa tusife na stress za jiwe.
hii TAKATAKA utaipandika GETO kwako siku TUKIMALIZA ILE PROJECT YETU YA STIGLER GORGE HEP ...tutakuwa wa pili baada ya ethiopia ...
Since september last year tuna surplus electricity 252megawatts ..update ur facts....Kinyerezi 2 imeongeza 240 MWView attachment 1060245
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Household consumption in kwh units is dropping everywhere including kenya. Household appliances are very efficient today
Mgao lini maana m nshasahau Mara ya mwisho umeme ulikatika lin?1350MW na population ya 60 million...huo umeme hautoshi bongo lazima kuna mgao.