Kinyerezi Power Plants

=Kinyerezi I and Kinyerezi II= Kinyerezi I and Kinyerezi II are gas-fired power plants that are being constructed at Kinyerezi in Dar es Salaam. They will be supplied with gas from Mtwara through the Mtwara-Dar es Salaam pipeline. Kinyerezi I will have the capacity to generate 150MW. The project costs for the Kinyerezi I power plant amount to 183million US dollars. The funds for the construction of the plant have been provided by the government through TANESCO. The project is being implemented by the Jacobsen Electro Company from Norway. The plant is expected to come online in 2015. In January 2015 the Chairman of TANESCO noted that Kinyerezi I was scheduled for completion in March 2015 but due to financial constraints it has been forced to delay till June. The Kinyerezi II plant is being financed through a partnership between the governments of Tanzania and Japan and it is being implemented by Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation. Kinyerezi II will generate 240MW. It is expected to come online by December 2015. The Kinyerezi power plants I and II are expected to cover about 20 percent of the country’s electricity demand. The project is expected to provide many residents who have been facing power problems for many years with relief.

=Kinyerezi III and Kinyerezi IV= The Kinyerezi III project is a joint venture agreement between TANESCO and the Shanghai Electric Power Company. The Kinyerezi III plant is expected to produce 300 MW. Shanghai Electric Power owns a 60 percent share in the plant, with TANESCO holding the remaining 40 percent. The joint venture agreement was signed in October 2014. Feasibility studies were concluded in January 2014. The partners predict that the first of the two 180-MW units should come online by the end of 2015. The second unit of the first stage should be connected in mid-2016. Following the conclusion of the project, the output will be directed to a 400-KV substation, currently being developed at Kinyerezi for onward connection to the national electricity grid. The Kinyerezi IV power plant is being developed by the Poly Group of China and should be contributing to the national grid by June 2015. The plant will have a capacity of 450 MW.

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