Ngaka power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm}} The Ngaka power station is a proposed 200-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Tanzania.
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Location
The map below shows the location of the Ruvuma, Tanzania, but not the exact location of Ngaka power station.
Background
In August 2011 Australia's Intra Energy Corporation (IEC) said it planned to invest US$236 million in Tanzania's first privately funded coal mine and a coal-fired power plant. At the time IEC's local unit in east Africa, Tancoal Energy, had spent US$23 million on exploration and initial development costs of the Mbalawala coal mine, in the south-west of Tanzania. Plans included a 120 MW power station at Mbalawala.[1]
In March 2012 IEC signed an MoU with Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) for the development of a 120 MW to 200 MW power station in close proximity to the Tancoal coal mine.[2]
As of 2015 IEC describes the power station on its website as stage 2 of its Ngaka coal project. Plans include a 200 MW coal-fired power station sited adjacent to the Tancoal mine, and a second power station of 120 MW proposed near the Malcoal mine in the country of Malawi.[3]
In a 2013 investor presentation, Intra Energy said 200 MW of the power station was in design and sited near the Tancoal mine, and planned for operation in 2017.[2]
Coal mine
The Ngaka Coalfields comprise the Mbalawala sub basin, the Ngaka Central Basin and the Mbuyura/Mkapa sub basin. The power station is the second stage of the Ngaka coal project. Stage one involves coal mining in the Mbalawala region in 2011 for regional use. Stage 3 involves the export of approximately 1.5 million tonnes per year of thermal coal to potential markets in Kenya, Mauritius, and India.[4]
The project involves opening up a surface open cast mine of 2 million tons per annum and setting up a 400 MW Thermal Power Station to be connected by a HV Transmission Line to the National Grid at Mufindi (300km). Intra Energy has major interests in the Ngaka Coalfields, the company states, "Tancoal has ownership over six coal bearing tenements in the Ngaka Coalfields. Extensive exploration has taken place over the last two years, augmented by geological surveying over several decades."[3]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Intra Energy Corporation
- Parent company:
- Location: Ruvuma, Tanzania
- Coordinates: -11, 36 (approximate)
- Status: Permitted
- Capacity: 200 MW
- Type: Subcritical
- Start date: 2017
- Coal Type:
- Coal Source: Tancoal mine
- Source of financing:
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References
- ↑ "Australian firm to invest $116m in Tanzania coal," Reuters, Aug. 24, 2011.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 "Mbalawala Thermal Coal Project - Intra Energy," Investor presentation, March 18, 2013.
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 "Ngaka Thermal Coal Project" Intra Energy, accessed March 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Tanzanian Projects," Intra Energy website, accessed January 2013.
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