Windlab to Build First Wind Farm in Tanzania

Windlab Limited is pleased to announce that its local subsidiary Windlab Developments Tanzania Ltd has been awarded an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Certificate for the construction of the Miombo Hewani Wind Farm and Transmission line project, located 10km’s north of Makambako, in Southern Central Tanzania.

Miombo Hewani has been approved for up to 300MW of capacity. It will be built in phases; the first phase of the project will be around 100MW and include up to 34 wind turbines as well as electrical infrastructure connecting the wind farm to national electricity grid at the Makambako substations. The first phase alone will bring up to US$300M of investment to the country. The ESIA Certificate is the first to be issued in the country for a wind... ... More: Official Press Release Windlab

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