I remember kwenye another defunct forum hii issue ilikuwa raised - jamaa mmoja kule aliuliza swali zuri sana: Iwapo hatuwezi kushughulikia takataka za nyumbani (household garbage, etc), utapishi wa vyoo etc etc how the hell are we going to take care of nuclear waste??
Kama mdau hapo juu alivyosema rasilimali saizi yetu zipo tayari and I think we need a resthink of some kind.
1. HEP ipo na ndio tunayoitegemea sasa; kufanikisha we need good rains, absence of cattle at the source of the big rivers e.g. Ihefu, bonde la Usangu, maintenance of existing mitambo/infrastructure etc. Newr sites like Stiglers Gorge can produce upwards of 3000MW*
2. Natural Gas: our next best thing so far; Mtwara Lindi already connected to that gas to electricity program thru Artumas. Effort should be done to electrify the Mtwara Corridor going into Tandahimba, Newala, Masasi, Ndanda, Tunduru, Namtumbo Songea, Peramiho, Kigonsera, Mbinga all the way to Mbamba Bay. Going up the way towards Dar won't be a bad idea, too.
3. Makaa ya mawe Liganga/Mchuchuma/Kiwira: abundance of coal is almost a blessing despite its effects on the ozone layer. But a solution is there as paying 33% more for a "cleaner" coal plant is worth it!
4. Other alternative energies, wind, solar, bio-fuels, etc: Wind is the one that is receiving a lot of chatter right about now, and supposedly we have tons of it in numerous places e.g. Mombo/Same corridor, and another thread says Mwakyembe is involved in a company that is in Makambako and Singida for trials. Up there in Tanga gentleman by the name of Shamte is producing electricity from the sisal remains, the waste product is excellent fertilizer! He said that when fully operational it can produce upwards of 17 megawatts*, enough to power the whole of Tanga, Kilimanjaro and Arusha.
NOTE: * not sure which one is commonly used, kilowatts or megawats - forgive me but I hope you get my point.