Symbion power looking for investors in 600 mw Mtwara project

During the U.S. Africa Head of State Summit this week in Washington, D.C., the Government of Rwanda’s Energy Water and Sanitation Authority (EWSA) awarded Symbion Power a 50 megawatt Independent Power Production (IPP) project using methane gas from Lake Kivu, it was announced today by Paul Hinks, Chief Executive Officer, Symbion Power.
Symbion will build, own and operate a 50 MW power station by constructing gas extraction facilities to lift, separate, and process methane gas, which is...

  DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania. Tarehe 21 Septemba 2015 -- Symbion Power yenye tawi lake maeneo ya Ubungo leo imetangaza kuwa imefanikiwa katika majaribio ya kutumia gesi asilia katika mitambo yake . Gesi inapatikana  Ghuba ya  Mnazi iliyo karibu na Mtwara Kusini mwa Tanzania. 
Kwa zaidi ya Mwaka mmoja sasa ; Mitambo hii yenye uwezo wa kuzalisha kiasi cha Megawati 120 haikuweza kufanya uzalishaji wowote kutokana na ukosefu wa gesi asilia kama chanzo cha nishati Tanzania

“Kwa mara nyingine Symbion...

Symbion Power, which stopped its operations, announced yesterday that tests have started on turbines at Ubungo using natural gas from Mnazi Bay in Mtwara.

Symbion Power has said that the building of the $1.2 billion Mtwara 600MW project power plant is expected to start next year.

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Mhe. Dkt. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akiwahutubia wageni waalikwa, wafanyakazi mbalimbali wa Kampuni ya Symbion pamoja na wananchi wakati wa hafla ya kutoa Kibali chake kwa Chuo cha Michezo cha Sunderland kwa ajili ya ujenzi wa Uwanja wa Michezo wa Umma uliopewa jina la Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Youth Park. Tukio hilo limefanyika leo 1 Novemba, 2014 eneo la Kidongo Chekundu jijini Dar es Salaam.Kaimu Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam Raymond Mushi akitoa...

Mac Group of Dar es Salaam and Pacific International Lines (PIL) of Singapore yesterday presented a cheque for $526,280 (Sh842 million) to the regulator – the Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA) – as a step towards realising that objective.

Tanzanian investors and their United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterparts have invested a total of $20 million (about Sh43 billion on the prevailing exchange rate) to set up the Ramada Encore Hotel in the city’s central business district.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved an African Development Fund (ADF) Loan of USD 144.9 million1, to Kenya - Tanzania Power Interconnection Project.
The project will allow the two countries to exchange power. In addition, the Kenya-Tanzania Interconnection Project plays an important role in promoting regional integration through power trade.
The project is expected to improve the supply, reliability and affordability of electricity in the...

As Tanzania’s leaders are praised for its peaceful handling of elections, an increasing number of projects are appearing which show case a country that is maturing, growing in confidence and cooperating with the right kind of partners to help it achieve its long term goal of becoming a regional hub.

The Powering Africa: Tanzania investment briefing will take place from 3-4 December at the Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam hotel. The meeting is designed for professionals active in Tanzania’s power...