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Tanzania Electric Supply Company — power plant portfolio

Tanzania Electric Supply Company operates 10 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 894 MW.

10power plants
894MW total capacity
1countries
t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 6 plants6HydroGas: 4 plants4Gas

Fleet interpretation

Tanzania Electric Supply Company is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is Tanzania (10).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (6), gas (4). The largest listed asset is Ubungo Gas (Songas) in Tanzania (208 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 89 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 0 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 0 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 10 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
Ubungo Gas (Songas)GasTanzania208
KidatuHydroTanzania200
KihansiHydroTanzania180
MteraHydroTanzania80
Pangani FallsHydroTanzania68
NyakatoGasTanzania63
TegetaGasTanzania45
HaleHydroTanzania21
MtwaraGasTanzania18
Nyumba ya MunguHydroTanzania8

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Tanzania Electric Supply Company operate?

Tanzania Electric Supply Company operates 10 power plants across 1 country, with about 894 MW of total capacity.

What is Tanzania Electric Supply Company's largest power plant?

Ubungo Gas (Songas) in Tanzania is its largest at about 208 MW.

What types of power plants does Tanzania Electric Supply Company run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (6), gas (4).

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology