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

Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology
cancelled coal: unknown 200 unknown

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Owner Parent
Magamba Coal [100%] 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."[1]

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.

Articles and Resources

References

  1. Thabit Jacob, "Competing energy narratives in Tanzania: Towards the political economy of coal," African Affairs, Volume 116, Issue 463, April 2017

Additional data

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