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- Feb 11, 2006
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Tanzania is looking to build a US$2bn hydropower power plant. The 2100MW power plant will be located 200km of Dar es Salaam and will be constructed with Brazilian technology.
According to Aloyce Masanja, director-general of Tanzanias state-run Rufiji Basin Development Authority, the plant once complete will be able to dispatch electricity at around US¢2/kWh and will help control flooding in the area as well as creating a 34bnm3 reservior to supply Dar es Salaam and other regions.
The current timetable calls for the feasibility study to be updated next year and for the first of three 700MW turbines to be installed in 2012. Full project completion is pencilled in for 2015.
The country has a power demand of around 900MW but currently produces less than 800MW. Demand is presently growing at around 10-15% a year and with only 14% of the population of 40m with grid access, there is every reason for this rate of growth to continue
According to Aloyce Masanja, director-general of Tanzanias state-run Rufiji Basin Development Authority, the plant once complete will be able to dispatch electricity at around US¢2/kWh and will help control flooding in the area as well as creating a 34bnm3 reservior to supply Dar es Salaam and other regions.
The current timetable calls for the feasibility study to be updated next year and for the first of three 700MW turbines to be installed in 2012. Full project completion is pencilled in for 2015.
The country has a power demand of around 900MW but currently produces less than 800MW. Demand is presently growing at around 10-15% a year and with only 14% of the population of 40m with grid access, there is every reason for this rate of growth to continue