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Power plants in Tanzania

A directory of 11 power plants in Tanzania with a combined installed capacity of 994 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

11power plants
994MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Tanzania)

Hydro: 6 plants6HydroGas: 4 plants4GasOil: 1 plants1Oil

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Tanzania electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2024)

345gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
32.9%low-carbon electricity
32.9%renewables
67.1%fossil fuels
Gas: 63 % of electricity63GasHydro: 32 % of electricity32HydroOil: 4 % of electricity4OilBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1BioenergySolar: 0 % of electricity0Solar

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Tanzania

#PlantFuelMW
1Ubungo Gas (Songas)Gas208
2KidatuHydro204
3KihansiHydro180
4IPTL TanzaniaOil100
5MteraHydro80
6Pangani FallsHydro68
7NyakatoGas63
8TegetaGas45
9HaleHydro21
10MtwaraGas18
11Nyumba ya MunguHydro8

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Hydro (6)Gas (4)