LATEST ACTUAL STAGE:
S2B: Feasibility (2019)PROJECT LOCATION
ZambiaPROJECT INSTITUTION:
Zambia Electricity Supply Company Zambia Office for the Promotion of Private Power InvestmentBENEFICARY COUNTRIES
Kenya Tanzania ZambiaPROJECT DIMENSIONS:
Power: 400 MW Voltage: 330 kV Design Life: 50 YrsSTARTING_DATE:
COMPLETION_DATE:
PREPARATION COST:
5.00 million USDCAPEX COST:
300.00 million USDPROJECT STAGE:
S2B: Feasibility
PROJECT FEATURED IN:
Construction of 905 km single circuit bidirectional 330 kV transmission interconnector from Kabwe in Zambia to the Tanzanian border at Nakonde. In Zambia, the component of the ZTK: • Kabwe – Pensulo, 298 km. A second 330 kV line is required in addition to the existing. • Pensulo – Mpika, 200 km. A second 330 kV line is required in addition to the existing. • Mpika – Kasama, 200 km. A second 330 kV line is required in addition to the existing. • Kasama – Nakonde, 212 km. Two new 330 kV circuits required • Nakonde – ZM/TZ Border, New 14 km Double circuit 400 kV line required.
Construction of a transmission line that connects the power networks of Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya. This project includes the section of 905km Zambian section of the 2,800km ZTK interconnector from Kabwe-Pensulo-Nakonde-Kasama in Zambia to Tunduma in Tanzania. The project was envisioned to be implemented in two phases starting with the Kabwe-Pensulo-Kasama-Nakonde section and the second phase would have comprised the Kabwe-Pensulo-Mpika-Kasama section. It will have had a capacity of 500MW, upgradable to 2000MW depending on power demand.
The original concept for the ZTK Interconnector was a high voltage 330 kV transmission line going from Pensulo (Zambia) to Nairobi (Kenya) with three connection points in Tanzania (Mbeya, Singida and Arusha). At that time, Tanzania grid was operated at 220 kV. The original concept of the ZTK Interconnector has been replaced, by two interconnections between two national grids: the Kenya-Tanzania Interconnection and the Zambia-Tanzania Interconnection.
| PREPARATION | CAPEX | |
|---|---|---|
| COST: | 5.00 | 300.00 |
| COST SECURED: | 5.00 | 0.00 |
| FINANCING TYPE: | ||
| FINANCIERS: |
African Union Development Agency
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Eastern Africa Power Pool
European Commission
Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program
Southern African Development Community
Southern African Power Pool
World Bank
Zambia Electricity Supply Company
Zambia Office for the Promotion of Private Power Investment
Zambia - Ministry of Energy
Mr. Snowden Mmadi -SnowdenM@nepad.org
Malama Chileshe-mchileshe@comesa.int
Kennedy Mwanza-kmwanza@zesco.co.zm
Jean Madzongwe-jean.madzongwe@sapp.co.zw