- Tanzania-Zambia Interconnector (TAZA) project has commenced groundwork.
- The Initiative aims at enabling the two neighbouring power pools, the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) and the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), to link up for improved inter-regional trade.
Tanzania-Zambia Interconnector (TAZA) project has commenced groundwork. The Initiative aims at enabling the two neighbouring power pools, the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) and the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), to link up for improved inter-regional trade.
The groundwork will include obtaining consultancy services to support planning, co-ordination and control of procurement from its start to completion of the project. The consulting services also include developing a Gender Action Plan to ensure gender balance in all job opportunities in the World Bank-funded project. The project received World Bank approved International Development Association credit of $455m in 2018 and is expected to take off next year. The objective of TAZA is to promote regional power trade between the Southern African Power Pool and the Eastern Africa Power Pool and increase power supply to underserved areas in both countries.
It is also the final segment of the Ethiopia-Kenya-Tanzania-Zambia regional transmission corridor being developed in phases.
The four components of the project include the construction of a 620km long 400kV double circuit transmission lines to link the Tanzanian north-west grid to the interconnector with Zambia; up-gradation of Tanesco’s transmission system for interconnection and corporate commercial management to meet regional energy requirements.
