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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Siemens Energy has received an order for the supply of three industrial gas turbines to Tanzania. Siemens’ customer Jacobsen Elektro, will build a power plant for the state-owned energy provider Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (Tanesco). The three SGT-800 gas turbines will be supplied to the Ubungo power plant in Dar Es Salaam.
The three gas turbines will have a combined capacity of 100 MW at site condition. Connection to the grid is planned for late-2011. The natural gas for the power plant is supplied through a pipeline from the Songo Songo gas field off the coast of Tanzania.
“With our gas turbines we can support the development of a reliable power supply in Tanzania,“said Markus Tacke, CEO of the Industrial Power Business Unit of Siemens Energy. In Tanzania, less than 10% of the population of 40 million has access to the national power grid. The country depends mainly on hydro power, with only a few gas-fired power stations in place.
“Our SGT-800 is one of the most efficient industrial gas turbines on the market today. All emission requirements are below international standards and Siemens can thus provide environmentally friendly fossil-fueled power generation to Dar Es Salaam,” added Tacke.
In July last year, Siemens announced the strengthening of its sales activities in Africa. Providing adequate supplies of electricity is one of the continent’s greatest challenges. Siemens’ power generation, transmission and distribution solution businesses are ready to meet this challenge.
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