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Tanzania's power utility firm in joint venture with UAE’s Masdar

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Tanzania’s installed power generation capacity is about 1,600MW. PHOTO | FILE

By  Bob Karashani

Reporter in Dar es Salaam

Nation Media Group

Tanzania’s power utility firm Tanesco has entered into a joint venture with a United Arab Emirates company to generate a further 2,000MW of electricity using renewable sources by 2024.

This will add to the expected 2,115MW from the ongoing Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project in southern Tanzania.

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