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Leaflessclover on the AEX board posted this article that says that Dangote will switch to gas now in march 2018. "Meanwhile Wentworth Resources, which holds the Mnazi Bay licence along with operator Maurel & Prom, has said its financial situation is continually improving as TPDC and Tanesco keep up with payments. In its most recent company update, Wentworth said it had received a net $2.5 million in February for gas sales from the Mnazi Bay concession, where production continues to rise. �Volumes have begun to ramp up significantly with the first two turbines at [the] Kinyerezi 2 [gas-fired power plant in Dar es Salaam] now operational and the remaining four turbines expected to be commissioned during this year,� the company said in January. Another new source of demand is the 3 mtpa Dangote cement factory in Mtwara, which is currently using diesel to generate power but intends to have fully switched to gas for both its electrical supply and to fire its kilns by March 2018. Wider gas growth plans Power sector demand growth is a key reason why the outlook for Tanzania�s gas suppliers is looking rosier. The fact Tanesco is being restructured to help alleviate losses also means Tanzania�s ambitious power plant plans now look more viable. Tanzania�s ministry of energy plans to bring around 5 GW of new generation capacity online by 2020. Beyond the startup of Kinyerezi 2, projects include the government�s 184 MW Kinyerezi 1 expansion, which should come online in 2019; China Power Investment�s 600 MW Kinyerezi 3 gas-fired plant, which should start up in 2020; and Poly Technology of China�s 330 MW Kinyerezi 4 plant, which should also be online in 2020. Further south, Tanesco expects to start up Kilwa Energy�s 320 MW Somanga Fungu gas-fired power plant, near Songo Songo, later this year. TPDC is also working to connect more industrial users, manufacturers and households to the gas grid through the expansion of its Regional Gas Distribution Project. The ongoing restructuring of Tanesco will be fundamental to ensuring these plans go ahead, particularly as the company has been denied a much-needed hike in power prices and has been forced to turn to the World Bank and African Development Bank (AfDB) for loans instead. �We are still working on [the loan],� Amadou Hott, vice president of power, energy, climate and green growth at the AfDB, told Interfax Natural Gas Daily at the end of February. The bank�s focus is on helping restructure the company to reduce financial and technical losses. �Some of the funding we want to give them will be linked to operational performance,� Hott said. But the company will ultimately need to raise power prices to ensure cash flows are stable. �Not suddenly, because of social reasons, but they need to have a plan to gradually increase tariffs because they cannot give what they donᦙ