Tanzania has 11 power plants in this atlas, with 995 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Ubungo Gas (Songas) (208 MW, gas; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are hydro, gas and oil. Grid operators listed here include TANESCO. Electricity is regulated by EWURA. Renewables supplied 32.9% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
Grid operators and electricity market in Tanzania
Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything
Gas and hydro supply power; the Julius Nyerere dam is now the country's largest plant.
Member of the Southern African Power Pool, which links national utilities across southern Africa and runs regional day-ahead and intraday electricity markets.
What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?
A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
Tanzania is in Eastern Africa. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.
Capital
Dodoma
Languages
English, Swahili
Region
Eastern Africa
Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 11 records for Tanzania. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
11 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 11 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
