The East African
URL: https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/tanesco-in-joint-venture-with-uae-masdar-3913500
August 16, 2022
Tanzania’s installed power generation capacity is about 1,600MW. PHOTO | FILE
Tanzania’s power utility firm Tanesco has entered into a joint venture with a United Arab Emirates company to generate a further 2,000MW of electricity using renewable sources by 2024.
This will add to the expected 2,115MW from the ongoing Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project in southern Tanzania.
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Under the agreement signed with Abu Dhabi’s Masdar in Dar es Salaam on August 5, 600MW of solar and onshore wind capacity will be developed initially, as the remaining 1400MW is uploaded in subsequent phases.
According to both Tanesco managing director Maharage Chande and Masdar’s head of business development Abdulla Zayed, the target is to bring all 2,000MW of renewable electricity on board by early 2024, which will coincide with the scheduled commissioning of the dam project on the Rufiji River.
According to Energy minister January Makamba, the deal is as a result of President Samia Suluhu ’s visit to the UAE in February.