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PROJECT # 0006
Zambia-Tanzania Power Transmission Interconnector (TAZA), as Part of the Zambia-Tanzania-Kenya (ZTK) Interconnector
LOCATION AND SIZE Tanzania: 400 kV Iringa-Kisada-Mbeya-Tunduma-Sumbawanga (IKMTS) double- circuit overhead transmission line (OHTL, 616 km). Zambia: more than 900 km of 330 kV transmission lines. Location Map
HOLDER Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) and Government of Zambia
OTHER COUNTRIES Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) and Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP)
STATUS S3A: project structuring
TENTATIVE TENDERING
AMOUNT USD 425 million
FINANCING OPTIONS
PRESENTATION

Tanzania–Zambia Transmission Interconnection Project (TAZA) is part of the larger Zambia–Tanzania–Kenya (ZTK) project that aims to link the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) with the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP). ZTK is divided into two sections: TAZA and the Kenya– Tanzania Power Interconnector Project (KTPIP). Overall, ZTK involves the construction of 2,302 km of 400 kV double-circuit lines and 373 km of 330 kV single-circuit lines (estimated cost: USD1.4 billion).

TAZA entails the construction of a 400 kV Iringa-Kisada-Mbeya-Tunduma-Sumbawanga (IKMTS) double-circuit overhead transmission line (OHTL, 616 km) and associated substation works at IKMTS. In Zambia, the construction of:

  • a 330 kV Pensulo–Mpika line (200 km);
  • a 330 kV Mpika–Kasama line (200 km);
  • a 330 kV Kasama–Nakonde line (212 km); and
  • a 400 kV Nakonde–Tuduma double-circuit line (14 km).

The construction of the 330 kV Kabwe–Pensulo line (298 km) is already undertaken.
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