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Pangani Falls Dam

Dam in Muheza, Ranga, Tanzania

Dam in Tanga, Tanzania

05°20′56.6″S 38°39′01.1″E / 5.349056°S 38.650306°E / -5.349056; 38.650306Construction began1991Opening date1994Construction cost$126 million (1995)Owner(s)TANESCODam and spillwaysImpoundsPangani RiverHeight10Spillway typeEarth and Rock FillSpillway capacity47,000 m³ (38 acre⋅ft)ReservoirTotal capacity0.8×10^⁶ m³ (650 acre⋅ft)Catchment area42,200 km² (16,300 sq mi)Power StationOperator(s)TanescoCommission date1994Turbines2x34Installed capacity68 MW (91,000 hp)Website
Tanesco website

Pangani Falls Dam is a dam in Tanzania, which is part of the Pangani Hydro Systems. The dam is located at Koani in the Muheza District of the Tanga Region, about 8 km (5.0 mi) south of another power station at Hale. The Pangani falls power station has two turbines and has an installed capacity of 68 megawatts (91,000 hp).^[1]

Overview

Construction of the dam began in December 1991 and was commissioned quickly just three years later to aid the ailing power shortages in the country. The entire project was funded by European Scandinavian nations (Norway, Finland and Sweden), which jointly decided to finance the Pangani Falls Redevelopment Project in 1989.^[1]^[2]

The project cost a total of US$126 million and was funded by three financiers: NORAD of Norway (42%); FINNIDA of Finland (33%) and SIDA of Sweden (25%).^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "Pangani Hydro Systems". Tanesco. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ Roger Andersson; Fritz Wänseth; Melinda Cuellar; Ulrike von Mitzlaff (October 2005). Pangani Falls Re-development Project in Tanzania (PDF) (Report). sida. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

External links

Tanesco Website

Power in Tanzania

Sectors

Energy in Tanzania
Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission

Companies and
organisations

Active
power stations

Coal	Dangote Industries Tanzania Thermal Power Station
Hydro-electric	Hale Power Station Kidatu Power Station Kihansi Power Station Mtera Power Station Nyumba ya Mungu Power Station Pangani Power Station
Natural gas	Kinyerezi I Thermal Power Station Mtwara Thermal Power Station Songas Thermal Power Station Tegeta Thermal Power Station Ubungo I Thermal Power Station Ubungo II Thermal Power Station
Diesel	Arusha Thermal Power Station Dodoma Thermal Power Station Nyakato Diesel Power Station PAP Diesel Power Station