Taifa Group signs Sh330 billion electricity deal in Zanzibar

Generation Capital managing director Bikash Subba (left) and Zanzibar Electricity Corporation (Zeco) general manager Mshenga Haidar exchange documents in Unguja yesterday after signing an agreement under which Generation Capital in partnership with Taifa Group will generate 180MW of solar electricity on the islands. PHOTO | JESSE MIKOFU

By  The Citizen Reporter

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What you need to know:

  • This is the power purchase agreement (PPA) for the first-ever utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Zanzibar, which receives 125 megawatts from Tanesco, whose ability to supply has reached 90 percent

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