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Ubungo I Thermal Power Station, also known as the Ubungo Power Plant, is a
natural gas Natural gas (also fossil gas, methane gas, and gas) is a naturally occurring compound of gaseous hydrocarbons, primarily methane (95%), small amounts of higher alkanes, and traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and helium ...
-fueled power plant located in
Ubungo Ubungo District, officially the, Ubungo Municipal Council (''Halimashauri ya Manispaa ya Ubungo'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of five Districts of Tanzania, districts of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The Kinondoni District and K ...
of Ubungo District in
Dar es Salaam Region Dar es Salaam Region () is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions and is located on the east coast of the country. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land and water areas of the nation state of Ma ...
of
Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
. It began commercial operations on 30 July 2008 with an installed capacity of .


History

The Ubungo plant first opened in 1995 as an oil-burning plant.
Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
's power supply is heavily dependent on
hydro power Hydropower (from Ancient Greek -, "water"), also known as water power or water energy, is the use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines. This is achieved by converting the gravitational potential or kin ...
, and after the drought in 2003–2005, the country faced major energy shortages. The Tanzania Electric Supply Company decided to upgrade the plant's turbines from heavy oil fuels to natural gas, and planned to obtain gas from the Songo Songo gas fields in southern Tanzania. Songas was given the contract to operate the plant and began commercial operations on 20 July 2004. Globeleq, Songas's majority shareholder, which operates plants that generate up to 25% of Tanzania's energy, is the Ubungo plant's current operator, and spent US$260 million setting up the Songo Songo gas-power project. Most of this investment went into building a 225 km pipeline from their Songo Songo Island gas fields to Ubungo. The pipeline was completed in May 2004, and the first gas reached Dar es Salaam that July.


Ubungo II

In July 2011,
Siemens Energy Siemens Energy AG is a German publicly-traded energy corporation formed through the spin-off of the former Gas and Power division of Siemens, and it includes full ownership of Siemens Gamesa. Christian Bruch is the CEO, and the former CEO of S ...
secured an order from Jacobsen Elektro for three gas turbines to extend the Tanesco Ubungo power plant, also to be fueled from the Songo Songo gas field. Construction took 14 months and the new turbines went online in July 2012, doubling the plant's output.


See also

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Ubungo II Thermal Power Station Ubungo II Thermal Power Station was an extension to the Ubungo I Thermal Power Station, Ubungo I Power Station and began commercial operations in 2012. The power-plant is located in Ubungo, Ubungo District, Ubungo of Ubungo District, Dar es Sala ...
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Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited The Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) is a Tanzanian parastatal organisation established in 1964. It is wholly owned by the government of Tanzania. The Ministry of Energy and Minerals regulates the operations of TANESCO. Its b ...
(TANESCO) *
List of power stations in Tanzania The following page lists all power stations in Tanzania. Hydroelectric Thermal Wind See also * List of power stations in Africa * List of largest power stations in the world References External links Overview of Electrical Power ...
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Economy of Tanzania An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with th ...


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