Contact Address Details:
Ministry of Energy
 Website: www.moe.gov.gm
MOE
Second floor
Futurelec Building
Bertil Harding Highway
Kotu, Greater Banjul
The Gambia
West Africa
Tel no: +220 890 5105
Fax: 446 6560
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Information:
The Ministry of Energy was established 2007. It is responsible for the
implementation of government policy in relation to electricity supply
& distribution, water management, petroleum products and renewable
energy in the growth areas such as tourism and hotels in Gambia.
The aims of the department, as enshrined in the Gambia's Vision 2020
development paper, is to maximise the efficient development and
utilisation of limited energy resources to support economic
development in an environmentally-friendly way to maintain the
advances already gained via investment schemes
To ensure the provision of adequate, reliable and affordable supplies
of energy to Gambian households in a sustainable way to assist poverty
reduction and economic development.
The department's overall objectives for the Energy sector are to:
- Increase petroleum exploration in Gambia;
- Improve and expand efficiently, existing energy supply systems
through private sector partnership with the public sector;
- Promote alternative domestic fuels and reduce heavy dependence on
fuel wood;
- Reduce the high dependence on imported oil products;
- Increase
Research and Development (R&D) in energy development;
- Provide sufficient security of energy supply;
- Introduce conservation measures in
relation to energy consumption;
- Increase reforestation and protection of forest resources;
- Minimise environmental damage of energy supply through the
encouragement of more environment-friendly energy supplies such as
renewable energy and natural gas;
- Setting up a suitable database for better planning and
policy implementation;
- Provide adequate security of energy supply to Banjul and the rest of
The Gambia.
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