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Tanzania launches 240 MW power plant in bid to ease shortages

Tanzania has launched a power plant with a capacity of 240 megawatts (MW).

The natural gas-powered Kinyerezi II plant, which began operating Tuesday, was built on the outskirts of Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam by Japan-based Sumitomo Corp using combined-cycle technology for 798 billion shillings ($353.72 million).

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