This was said by the Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO), Managing Director Mr Felchesmi Mramba, in Dar es Salaam at the weekend during the singing ceremony of an agreement with the TIB Development Bank for the construction of the high voltage transmission line.
“Upon the completion of putting the transmission line infrastructures from Somanga in Kilwa to Kinyerezi in Dar es Salaam, a total of 560 megawatts generated from gas will be pumped into the national grid,” he said.
Mr Mramba said, the implementation of Kinyerezi II project is expected to kickstart next month. Kinyerezi II will be developed by Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation and will have capacity of 240 MW with the money sourced from the partnership between the government of Tanzania and Japan. Kinyerezi I completed and inaugurated recently by President Jakaya Kikwete, was built by Norway’s Jacobsen Elektro, with capacity of 150 MW.
As for the construction of Kinyerezi III and IV, the money will come from the partnership that will be entered between the government of Tanzania and a Chinese Company.
He said the partnership with TIB Development Bank is the beginning of the state owned power company plans to re-build its capacity to be self sustainable and cut down over dependence investment subsidies from the Treasury.
He said the agreement with TIB development bank has come at an appropriate time and is a good start in the journey to reduce dependency from the Treasury to run the firm commercially.
“The compensation process has started smoothly and the project is expected to benefit local communities along the transmission line from Somanga, Kilwa District to Kinyerezi, Dar es Salaam,” he said.
/Daily News.
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