| Nzizi Power Station | |
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| Country | Uganda |
| Location | Nzizi |
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| Status | Planned |
| Commission date | 2012 (Expected) |
| Owner(s) | Tullow Oil & Jacobsen Electro |
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| Primary fuel | natural gas |
| Secondary fuel | heavy fuel oil |
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| Maximum capacity | 50 MW |
Nzizi Power Station is a planned 50 MW natural gas-fired thermal power plant in Uganda.[1]
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The power plant is planned to be constructed in Nzizi, near the Nzizi Natural Gas & Oil Field, in the Kaiso-Tonya Area, in Hoima District, Western Uganda. Kaiso and Tonya are small settlements, about 17 kilometres (11 mi) apart, on the eastern shores of Lake Albert.[2] This location lies approximately 54 kilometres (34 mi), by road, west of Hoima, the nearest large town and the location of the district headquarters.[3] The approximate coordinates of the power station are:1° 30' 0.00"N, 30° 55' 48.00"E (Latitude:1.5000; Longitude:30.9300). The coordinates are approximate because the power station has not yet been built.[4]
Nzizi Power Station is a planned joint project by Tullow Oil Uganda Limited, who will supply the fuel and Jacobsen Electricity Company (Uganda) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jacobsen Elektro, an independent Norwegian power production company, who will construct and operate the plant.
The plant will primarily use natural gas to heat water and produce steam that will turn the turbines to produce electricity. If need be, the plant will also be designed to use heavy fuel oil, a byproduct of petroleum distillation, as an alternative fuel. The Nzizi Natural Gas & Oil Field from which the power station will draw its fuel, has confirmed reserves of at least 14,000,000 cubic metres (490,000,000 cu ft) of natural gas.[5]
Construction is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2012, with commissioning in the fourth quarter of the same year.[6]
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