Magamba power station

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Magamba power station is a cancelled power station in Magamba, Lushoto, Tanga, Tanzania.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Magamba power station	Magamba, Lushoto, Tanga, Tanzania	-4.759333, 38.299794 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	cancelled	coal - unknown	200	unknown	–	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	Magamba Coal [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

• Coal source(s): Magamba project

Background

Magamba power station was a proposed 200 MW coal plant listed in Table 1 of the African Affairs journal article "Competing energy narratives in Tanzania: Towards the political economy of coal" by Thabit Jacob. The table stated that the Magamba project had reserves of 53 million tonnes. According to a note attached to the table, the information was based on "field visits and interviews with government officials in March–August 2016."

There appears to be no other online references to this project since the April 2017 publication, so the project appears to be shelved or cancelled.

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Additional data

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