The Mtwara Power Plant is 300MW gas fired power project. It is planned in Mtwara, Tanzania. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently at the permitting stage. It will be developed in a single phase. The project construction is likely to commence in 2025 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in 2026. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project is being developed by GE Power, Symbion Power and Tanzania Electric Supply. The project is co-owned by Symbion Power and Tanzania Electric Supply, with their respective ownership stake of 50% each.

It is a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plant.

Development status

The project construction is expected to commence from 2025. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by 2026.

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About GE Power

GE Power (GEP), formerly GE Energy, a business division of the General Electric Company, is a provider of power generation and water processing products and related services. The company product portfolio includes aero derivative and heavy-duty gas turbine systems, generators, boilers, steam turbines, air quality control systems, gas engines, reactors and water treatment, waste water treatment, and process system solutions, among others. GEP offers products and technologies for generating electricity from various sources such as oil, gas, nuclear, coal, mining, diesel and water. The company also offers services for maintenance, service and upgrade of power plants; solutions for water treatment, wastewater treatment and process systems; services for distributed power generation; and support services for boiling water reactors. It caters its products and services to independent power producers and other industrial customers. GEP is headquartered in Schenectady, New York, the US

About Symbion Power

Symbion Power LLC (Symbion Power) is an energy company that engineers, designs, procure and constructs electricity projects. The company provides services such as construction and installation of electrical power infrastructure, training services, designs and building distribution network rehabilitation and extension and substations works, among others. It also supplies electricity to the development of government and to world frontier markets. Symbion Power provides its services across Afghanistan, Tanzania, Iraq, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, and others. It operates offices in the US, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, Madagascar, Uganda and Cyprus. Symbion Power is headquartered in New York City, New York, the US.

About Tanzania Electric Supply

Tanzania Electric Supply Co Ltd (TANESCO), formerly Tanganyika Electric Supply Co Ltd, is a government owned integrated power company. The company’s operations are regulated by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals. It generates, transmits, distributes, and supplies electricity. TANESCO generates the power through hydro and thermal power stations. TANESCO also procures electricity from independent power producers and EPPs. Its transmission system consists substations interconnected by transmission lines, and the distribution system distributes electricity and provides customer service. The company distributes electricity to Mainland Tanzania, and supplies bulk power to Zanzibar Electricity Corporation. TANESCO is headquartered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.