Assem Al-Gazzar, The Egyptian Minister of Housing discussed with Doto Biteko, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy of Tanzania, the progress of work on the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Dam and Plant project in Tanzania, which is being implemented by the Egyptian alliance of the “Arab Contractors” and “Elsewedy Electric” companies on the Rufiji River.
According to a statement issued Tuesday, the Minister of Housing, during his meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy of Tanzania, reviewed ways of joint cooperation between the two countries and opening new business horizons for Egyptian companies in many fields in Tanzania.
He stressed that this project is being monitored periodically by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, given the expected role of the dam and station in providing the necessary electrical energy to the Republic of Tanzania, controlling the flood of the Rufiji River, and preserving the environment. The project is also of interest to the political leadership in both countries.
The Minister of Housing indicated that the Julius Nyerere Hydroelectric Dam and Station project includes the construction of a 1,025-meter-long dam, which has been completed, and the storage capacity of the dam lake reaches 34 billion cubic meters, and a hydroelectric power station with a capacity of 2,115 megawatts.
The station is located on the side of the Rufiji River in a nature reserve in the Murgoro area, southwest of Dar es Salaam (the commercial capital) and the largest city in Tanzania. So far, 15 billion cubic meters of water have been stored in the dam lake, and the water level has reached 165 meters from sea level. The minimum operating level for turbines is 163 meters from sea level.
It should be noted that the Egyptian alliance is implementing the project, signed in December 2018 a contract worth $2.9 billion, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to implement a project to build a dam and a hydroelectric power station with a capacity of 2,115 megawatts.
With the aim of generating 6,307 thousand megawatt-hours annually, sufficient for the consumption of about 17 million Tanzanian families, the dam also controls the flood to protect the surrounding environment from the dangers of floods and swamps, and to store about 34 billion cubic meters of water in a created lake to ensure permanent availability of water throughout the year for agricultural purposes.
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