Summary ya Wizara ya Nishati Budget
Tanesco has 4.319million customers from 3.8million 12 percent growth
Power produced on grid plants 1872Mw kati ya hizo 1198Mw(64% is produced by Gas plants , Hydro 574Mw 30.6% , Disel 88mw , Biogas 10MW ....Total on Grid and Off 1911MW .. Peak Power consmuption (On Grid only 1431Mw on May 2023
Transmission lines 66kv and above total 6363km from 6111km , Below 33kv 168K Kilometes from 153k
Kinyerezi extension 1 185mw completed na sasa Kinyerezi 1 inazalisha 335MW total na Kinyerezi 2 240MW half of Total Gas plants in Tz ..sijaona plans za Kinyerezi 3 and 4 mostly ziko shelved
Rusumo falls 80Mw 99percent completed to add 26mW Tz cost 262Billion Tsh ..mostly i think ni Transmission lines ..
Kakono Project 87.8 MW to cost Tz 724Billion tsh price includes 38km Transmission line and upgarde of station from 132kv to 220kv ..Project to start March 2024 to end Feb 2029.... (Hydro is Fxxkn expensive )
Solar Project Kishapu 150MW .total cost 294billion tsh phase 1 50mw to start June 2023 to end Augsut 2024 ...
Hizo ndo project apart from JNHPP tutazoona zikifanyika in coming years.ambazo contracts tayari
Ambazo bado hi
1.. Mtwara Gas Plant 300Mw cost 1billion USD cost involves 268km 400KV transmission lines which are costful as F ..Project most likely kuanza ni Oct 2025 kuisha 2028 Sept
2. Rumakali 358mw , Ruhidiji 222mw , Kikonge 321 mw dont expect them soon ..most projects hapo ni loans , plus zote zinacost above 1 trillion Tsh ..na most zitaanza 2025 plus
Transmission projects
1.JNHPP To Chalinze 400kv 160km Cost 134billion Tsh
2.SGR lot 2 transmiison line Moro to Dom 220kv 414km cost 71.5million usd which is 166bilon tsh
3 SGR transmiison line phase 3 ni 347km 220kv line makutupora to tabora cost nu 90million usd 212bil tsh , PHASE 4 COST 56MIL usd , PHASE 5 COST 59MIL usd
My take
1.SGR cost transmiion line might cost 400mil usd alone to 500mil usd , which should be added to project ,.it might be benefical cause itaendeleza upatikanaji wa umeme kwenye miji na viji visivyokuwa na umeme kama watajenga vituo kupozea na kusambaza vijijini .
2. Rumakali, Ruhidiji, Kikonge should not be our priority , maybe upto 2028 , not sure our demand will be above 5000mw in 2030..and JNHPP, and other ongoing projects will be enough ..we shouldnt take more loans during this 8year period and focus on repaying previous loans ..