In a USD 455 million agreement
that was signed on September 30 2014, a 400MW Zambia-Tanzania-Kenya
(ZTK) Power Grid Interconnection Project will be completed early next
year that will connect the Tanzania power grid to Zambia and Kenya.
According
to the Tanzania Minister of Energy and Minerals, Prof. Sospeter
Muhongo, the project to export the electricity powered by its reserves
of gas and coal is known as the “backbone interconnector” and is the
first of several regional projects to create links between Kenya and
Ethiopia and between Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda.
In a statement released by the
Tanzania Ministry of Energy and Minerals, the Tanzania Government
explained that the “backbone project” will connect the northern Kenya
power grid and the southwestern Zambia power grid and to the Tanzania
power grid, making Tanzania a regional hub for the eastern and southern
Africa power pool.
Construction of the 667km voltage line
will be funded through a partnership with the European Investment Bank,
the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the Japan International
Cooperation Agency and the Korean Economic Development Cooperation Fund. |
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