Tanzania Starts Construction Works On 240 MW Kinyerezi II Gas-Fired Power Plant
The Tanzanian government has recently launched construction works of the Kinyerezi II power plant project in Ilala district in Dar es Salaam, which will be supplied with natural gas from the Mnazi Bay and will add 240 MW to the national grid when completed in 2018 .
Kinyerezi II represents a total investment of USD 432 million or TZS 691.2 billion with 15% financed by Tanzania’s government through a loan from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and SMBC Trust Bank, while the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provided the remaining balance.
Kinyerezi II construction works follow Kinyerezi I power plant inaugurated in Q4-2015 by the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO), which has a capacity of 150 MW and is part of a project compounded by four gas fired power plants meant to add over 1,000 MW of capacity to the national grid through a 400 KV sub-station in Kinyerezi area.
TANESCO’s Kinyerezi Plant Manager, Eng. John Mageni, explained that the organization has plans to expand Kinyerezi I capacity from 150 MW to 335 MW with the support of the natural gas coming from the Mnzai Bay since at the beginning it was being supplied by the Songosongo gas field and working at 50% of its capacity.
Tanzania Starts Construction Works On 240 MW Kinyerezi II Gas-Fired Power Plant - TanzaniaInvest