Official name Pangani Hydro Systems Spillway capacity 47,000 m (38 acre·ft) Catchment area 42,200 km² Construction cost 126 million USD (1995) Impound Pangani River | Opening date 1994 Spillway type Earth and Rock Fill Height 10 m Construction began 1991 | |
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Similar Nyumba ya Mungu Dam, Kihansi Dam, Mtera Dam | ||
Pangani Falls Dam is a dam in Tanzania, which is part of the Pangani Hydro Systems. The dam is located at Koani in the Muheza District of the Tanga Region, about 8 km south of another power station at Hale. The Pangani falls power station has two turbines and has an installed capacity of 68 megawatts (91,000 hp).
Overview
Construction of the dam began in December 1991 and was commissioned quickly just 3 years later to aid the ailing power shortages in the country. The entire project was funded by European Scandinavian nations (Norway, Finland and Sweden), which jointly decided to finance the Pangani Falls Redevelopment Project in 1989.
The project cost a total of $126 Million USD and was funded by three financiers: NORAD of Norway (42%); FINNIDA of Finland (33%) and SIDA of Sweden (25%).