'Ends in Sumbawanga'18 Sep 2019 19:56
The 340km high voltage transmission line ends in Sumbawanga exactly where Edenville Energy have their coal mine with rights to a known 173mt of coal..
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The World Bank has approved a $455 million credit for the construction of critical high voltage transmission infrastructure that will support electrification of the southern and northwestern regions of the country.
The project will also establish cross-border transmission capacity connecting Tanzania with the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) and the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP).
"This project builds on the great potential of the country's southern regions to contribute to the generation of jobs and drive overall economic growth, with the right infrastructure in place," said Bella Bird, the World Bank country director for Tanzania, Malawi, Burundi and Somalia.
"There are also direct benefits to businesses and households along the high voltage transmission line, which starts in Iringa, goes through Mbeya and ends in Sumbawanga, with additional benefits of improved reliability of power supply to the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania( SAGCOT), which is on the line route," Bird added.
She said the new International Development Association credit is solely Tanzania's allocation as part of the 'Tanzania-Zambia Transmission Interconnector Project' ( TAZA ), which is a series of two World Bank's projects.