Tanzania: Symbion starts to bring Ubungo back online


Issue 309 - 09 Oct 2015 | 1 minute read

Symbion Power has announced that it has begun testing the turbines at the 120MW Ubungo power plant using gas supplied by a new pipeline from Mtwara. Ubungo, which has not been operating for more than a year due to gas shortages, used much more costly liquid fuels between 2012 and 2014. Gas from Mtwara is also expected to allow the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) to resume operations at some of its power plants.

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