The recent addition of new gas pipelines which take domestically-produced natural gas from the south of Tanzania up to Dar es Salaam means gas is available for industrial facilities to use for self-generation of electricity. Tanzania’s national electricity grid is notoriously unreliable and self- generation of power is advantageous for the delivery of reliable power for manufacturing.
Alaf switches from diesel to natural gas in Tanzania
Alaf (previously Aluminium Africa), part of the Safal Group, has selected Clarke Energy to supply a natural gas fuelled captive power plant for its manufacturing facility in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The plant will employ two 2 MW 612 Jenbacher engines and will enable the facility to switch from diesel to gas.