Overview of the Dangote Industries Tanzania Thermal Power Station
Dangote Industries Tanzania Thermal Power Station is a 60,000 horsepower (45 MW) thermal power generation station located in Tanzania, which is the second-biggest economy after Kenya in the EAC. It was initially planned that the power station would be a 101,000 horsepower (75 megawatts) coal-powered power station. However, it is now powered by natural gas.
Dangote Industries Tanzania Thermal Power Station Location
The Dangote Industries Tanzania Thermal Power Station is situated in Mtwara, roughly 351 miles (565 kilometres) by road, south of Tanzania’s commercial capital and largest city, Dar es Salaam. The station’s geographic coordinates are: 40°02’27.0″E, 10°15’33.0″S (Longitude:40.040833, Latitude:-10.259167).
Overview of the Dangote Industries Tanzania Thermal Power Station
Dangote Industries Tanzania Thermal Power Station owner is Dangote Industries Tanzania Ltd. It lies next to the $US500 million cement manufacturing station belonging to Dangote Group. The thermal power station supplies electricity to the cement manufacturing station. The commercial and residential development complex located around the cement factory also gets its electricity from the thermal power station. The cement manufacturing station was still under construction as of November 2014. It is expected to be ready for commissioning by 2015. It is also expected that the factory is expected to produce more than 2.5 million tonnes of cement annually when full operations begin. As the biggest cement manufacturer in Africa, Dangote cement produces more than 45 million metric tonnes of cement every year.
Switch to Natural Gas
In August 2018, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) penned a 20-year deal with Dangote Industries Tanzania for the former to supply readily available natural gas to the Dangote Industries Tanzania Thermal Power Station for generating electricity to be used in the production of cement. Enough gas will initially be provided for the generation of 46,936 horsepower (35 MW), to be increased to 60,346 horsepower (45 MW) later. The conversion is expected to be completed by November 2018.
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