Kidatu Dam

Kidatu Dam
Location in Tanzania
Official name Bwawa la Kidatu  (Swahili)
Country Tanzania
Location Kidatu, Morogoro Region
Coordinates 7°38′12.6″S 36°53′12.2″E / 7.636833°S 36.886722°E / -7.636833; 36.886722Coordinates: 7°38′12.6″S 36°53′12.2″E / 7.636833°S 36.886722°E / -7.636833; 36.886722
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Construction began 1970s
Opening date 1975
Construction cost $102 million (Phase I)
Owner(s) TANESCO
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Rock-fill dam
Impounds Great Ruaha River
Height 40 metres (130 ft)
Dam volume 800,000 m3 (28,000,000 cu ft)
Spillway capacity 6,000 m3/s (210,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Catchment area 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Power station
Name Kidatu Power Station
Commission date 1975
Turbines 4× 50 MW
Installed capacity 200 MW
Source: TANESCO[1]

Kidatu Dam is a hydroelectric dam located in the Rufiji River Basin in Tanzania. The Kidatu power plant was built in two phases under the name of Great Ruaha Power Project in the 1970s for phase one and 1980s for phase two. Phase I was completed in 1975 starting with the construction of an earth-rock fill dam, a generating capacity of 2 x 50 MW, and 220 kV transmission line to Dar es Salaam via Morogoro. Phase II, completed in 1980, involved two more 50 MW generators, and construction of a bigger storage dam at Mtera with a capacity of 3,200 million cubic metres (2,600,000 acre·ft).

The plant has undergone two major rehabilitation works. Phase I covered repairs to turbines one and two, replacement of excitation equipment and repair of a damaged generator unit. These works were executed from 1993 to 1994. The second rehabilitation commenced in 1999. Major works were computerizing the control and protection system, repair to turbines, replacement of runners on units 1and 2, generators and water ways. The project was financed by SIDA, NORAD and Tanesco at the estimated cost of about 12 Million US$.

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  1. ↑ "Kidatu Power Plant". TANESCO. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

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