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China Backs $136 Million Wind Power Project in Tanzania

China Backs $136 Million Wind Power Project in Tanzania

From East African Business Week

The Export–Import Bank of China has given Dar a soft loan of  Tsh 226.7 billion (about $136million) for the wind power project in the Singida region which would be able to generate 50MW.

Speaking during 38th Dar es salaam International Trade FAIR (DITF) in National Development Cooperation pavilion, NDC Head of Chemical Industry, Abdallah Mandwanga said, the project will start to generate 50MW by using wind through a firm called Geo Wind Power Tanzania Limited by 2016.

“This project is focus on mitigating the shortage power in our country and to help the our people especial from rural areas to get reliable electricity and increase their production and income,” he said.

This project is a result of the government of Tanzania’s push for diverse energy sources, as drafted in its recent policy on renewable energy.  

He said the project has the capacity of generating over 300 MW but the loan given by the bank can only enabled the company to produce 50MW of power which would be directly be connected to the national grid.

All important things including research, land owning, environmental permission and pay compensation for residents living around the village have already been completed, he said.

Read more at East African Business Week