Somanga Fungu – Kinyerezi Line is a 400kV overhead line with a length of 198km from Somanga Fungu, Lindi, Tanzania, to Kinyerezi, Salaam, Tanzania.

The project, which is currently in the planning stage, is expected to be commissioned in 2022.

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Somanga Fungu – Kinyerezi Line is an overhead line that will be operated by Tanzania Electric Supply. The line will carry alternating current (AC) through double circuit cable.

Approximately $151.2m was financed by the authorities to undertake the construction works of the project.

Somanga Fungu – Kinyerezi Line project development status

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The construction works on the Somanga Fungu – Kinyerezi Line project will be commenced in 2021 and commissioning is expected in 2022.

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 of 50 substations interconnected by transmission lines, and the distribution system distributes electricity and provides customer service.

Methodology

All publicly-announced T&D Line & Substation projects included in this analysis are drawn from GlobalData’s Power IC. The information regarding the projects is sourced through secondary information sources such as country specific utility players, company news and reports, statistical organisations, regulatory body, government planning reports and their publications and is further validated through primary from various stakeholders such as power utility companies, consultants, energy associations of respective countries, government bodies and professionals from leading players in the power sector.