i. Growing of electricity demand between 10 to 15 % per year. This requires more investments in power sector to be consistent with the Power System MasterPlan to meet the rising demand.

ii. Need to expand the transmission network and interconnect with neighbouring countries in order to provide for energy trading and improve the reliability of supply.

iii. Need to expand the distribution network.

iv. Increased investment opportunities in exploration for oil and gasv. Development of natural gas transmission network to reach the mainmarkets

vi. Development of coal resources

vii. Development of geothermal energysources for power generation

viii. Development of wind power schemes for the generation of power andother uses.

ix. Development of petro

chemical industries to meet the demand for chemical and fertilizers for agricultural.

On the other hand Challenges include:

i. Over dependence of traditional biomass   

ii. Limited Infrastructure that doesn?t cope with the increased demand for gas

iii. Over dependence of imported fuel from abroad and the price volatility

iv. Lack of adequate financial resources to implement priority projects in the energy sector

v Limited resources that can run the sector efficiently and sustainably

vi. Low level of access to modern energy services (esp. electricity in the ruralareas) 

vii. Poverty – low purchasing power for the majority of population

viii. Inefficiency in energy transportation and end use. Despite all this, Tanzania shares challengesof increasing modern energy access andsimilar policy implementation shortfalls withmost countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.However, the country has some unique opportunities related to its abundan tresources and co-existent underdevelopment,which can be turned into opportunities inpursuit of its modern energy access targets.In its energy future, Tanzania has an opportunity to exchange lessons within the region on issues in which opportunities and challenges cut across Energy sector and climate Change and full involvement of youth in energy programs and Climate Change discussions and actions.The government aims at strengthening the following

1. Human skills and Institutional capacity: Toachieve a transformation of the energy economy to broad affordable access to energy services will require good policy,human skills and effective institutions built around effective policy delivery.

2. Energy Governance: A key current and future issue of energy governance inTanzania, central to sustainability is how to balance cost recovery with equity (accessand affordability). In addition, the energy policy and independent regulatory instruments and robust and effective systems are needed for modern energy accessefficiency of delivering useful energy services,biomass energy value chains. As we speak the government has come up with Biomass Strategy Draft which is going to be useful in the biomass sector.

3. Technology leap frogging in delivering access: much of Africa is not locked into technologies for access to energy services for domestic, livelihoods and productive uses.Opportunities exist for new technologies that are low-carbon, efficient and right-sized. A question remain on how can climate,investment and other resources chasing energy access promote adequate, clean,affordable and efficient services be mobilized as a key input to a technological leap frog theTanzanian and African economic development agenda.

4. Behavioural attributes of beneficiaries of modern energy access: No doubt that the poor people manage their energy services efficiently within the constraints of the fuels and appliances they have access to. This is common around the world where wasteful practices are the norm and good energy management is not. With energy efficiency being related to both technologies and behaviour, the Tanzanian energy access plan,if planned and executed well, could harness the indigenous behavioural attributes of thepoor.In the above context, Tanzania hopes that this youth regional conferences and the global meeting that might follow as follow up activities will have tremendous input to the climate change issues and energy sector.