By Kalunga Mwape
A ZAMBIAN consortium Delta Marimba Limited working with Tanzania’s Taifa Gas Limited are to set up a maiden liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) power plant which will generate up to 100MW of firm power in Zambia.
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The US$100 million investment was announced simultaneously in Tanzania and Zambia by Taifa Group chairman, Mr. Rostam Aziz, and Delta Marimba’s representative, Mr. Padmore Muleya, respectively.
And Delta Marimba Limited Representative Padmore Muleya revealed that the power plant will be set up in northern Zambia, a strategic location from a gas logistics and supply perspective.
Mr Muleya says the northern circuit has been selected as it also answers to the need for the geographical diversification of Zambia’s power-generating assets. Mr.Muleya says there is a need to push for energy that is both competitively and environmentally conscious as which sits side by side with Zambia’s ambitious growth targets.
Mr Muleya says the LPG-to-Power project fits this mold as it uses one of the cleanest thermal fuels available today, diversifying the country’s energy source mix, hence, contributing to de-risking the national energy portfolio.
Mr. Muleya says that this will open more opportunities for LPG-related power solutions especially since LPG burns a lot cleaner than other thermal energy sources and releases much less carbon dioxide in comparison to diesel and coal.
Meanwhile, Zambia Taifa Group chairman Rostam Aziz credited Zambia’s favorable investment climate and the government’s policies for the company’s decision to invest in the Zambian power sector.
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