📋 Tender Overview
Scope
Construction of 4.6MW Lilondi hydropower project on the Lilondi River in Tanzania’s southern Ruvuma region..
The Lilondi facility, located close to border with Malawi, is expected to be the first of six run-of-river hydro plants to be developed in the country by the partners, who announced the signing during the 2024 Africa Energy Forum (AEF) being held in Barcelona from 25-28 June. The portfolio is expected to add up to 50MW to Tanzania’s rural electricity generation capacity. The Lilondi scheme is being undertaken as a pilot project to demonstrate the feasibility of small hydro to the private sector enabling its replication across rural Tanzania and the wider region. Mini hydro scheme part of wider 50MW portfolio.
