 
Contact Address:
Min.
of Petroleum & Energy 
Greater Banjul area office
MOE
Second floor, Futurelec Building
Bertil Harding Highway, Kotu
The Gambia, West Africa
Tel no: 8905105 / 7453313 / 9867701 / 3479001
Fax: 446 6560
Email: info@mop.gov.gm
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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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