The World Bank has approved an additional International Development Association credit line of $78.88 million to support Tanzania’s Energy Development and Access Expansion Project (TEDAP). TEDAP has created a regulatory and institutional environment for the development of small renewable energy projects.
The capital will support adding, replacing, and maintenance for transmission and distribution lines and substations. According to the Bank, the additional financing will also finance an additional capacity-building measure under the project, which relates to TANESCO’s environmental unit and foresees strengthening of the utility’s capacity for environmental management.
The bank says that this capacity building measure will support continuing activities related to the environmental management aspects in the context of the Lower Kihansi Environmental Management Project (LKEMP), which closes on June 30.
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