Tanzania’s first solar energy powered service station was recently launched in Dar es Salaam by TotalEnergies Marketing.
The solar powered station along Samora Avenue in the Dar es Salaam city centre is part of wider plans by TotalEnergies to incorporate solar energy into 5,000 service stations in 57 countries. They intend to install solar panels at 1,000 service stations every year, in line with their climate ambition to reach net zero carbon emission.
Managing Director of TotalEnergies Marketing Tanzania, Jean-Francois Schoepp: “It is with great honour and pride that we are here today to reveal our milestone and ambition as the first oil marketing company in Tanzania to have solarised service stations which is in line with our climate ambition to have net zero carbon emission and a reflection of our transition from Total Tanzania to TotalEnergies Marketing Tanzania.”
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Eleven solar powered stations are in the coastal region, six in the southern highlands, four in northern highlands and three in the lake zone, he said.
The petroleum business company intends to solarise up to 68 service stations by the end of 2022 as well as its industrial sites such as its Dar es Salaam terminal and its Lubricants Oil Blending Plant. The company expects an eventual production of close to 900KW of solar electricity a year.
Tanzania Minister for Energy January Makamba was excited by the idea that Tanzanians would eventually be able to fuel up with sunlight at the service station
“We are even more excited to witness the electricity production that will result from the solarisation of your service stations and hope in the future that TotalEnergies together with the Ministry of Energy will facilitate the production and supply of more energies by utilising the natural sources of energies that we have in the country such as wind, water, biomass and natural gas,” said Makamba.
Source: https://www.esi-africa.com/solar/solar-powered-service-station-the-new-wave-in-tanzania/