Kikuletwa hydropower project has been operating since the 1930’s and the project was taken by the TANESCO in the 1970’s for power production in the Northern Tanzania. The power project has been running since then without proper maintenance and need major repair and this lead to the closure of the project in the late 1980’s. Since the major repair work can be done locally, Arusha Technical College (ATC), specifically in the departments of civil, mechanical and electrical, are in a position to do the repair works. The areas that need repair have been categories into civil and electromechanical. All these works can be done by Arusha Technical College (ATC) staff and the other collaborating institutions in phases within a reasonable period of time two years. In this section discussions on the rehabilitations desired are highlighted.

1. ARUSHA TECHNICAL COLLEGE
KIKULETWA HYDROPOWER STATION AS A
TRAINING CENTER AND FOR POWER
GENERATION

2. LOCATION AND STATUS
 Along the Kikuletwa River
flowing from Mt. Meru.
 The vicinity of the
confluence of the Kware and
Mbuguni Rivers
 The plant is 19 km from
Boma Ng’ombe area (Hai
District)
 It was built by the German
Missionaries in the 1930’s
with 2 units
 Upgraded in the 1950’s with
additional 1 unit
 Stopped operation in 1989
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3. Cont……
 Was owned by
TANESCO after
Independence
 Handed over to ATC in
April 2013
 Have three low head
Turbine Units
 It is a run off the river
hydro power plant
 It was having a firm
capacity of 1.16MW
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LAND AREA (Three plots)
First Plot: Area 339 Acres

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Second Plot: Area 8.53 Acres

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Third Plot: Area 41,600 Sq. Ft (1 acre)

7. KIKULETWA PROJECT CONCEPT
 Electricity
Generation
 Feeding to the national grid
 Selling to the utility
company
 Supply electricity to the
local community (local grid)
 Hydropower training
and research center for:
 Artisans
 Technicians
 Plant operators
 Engineers
 Other hydropower experts and
professionals
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8. PLANNED ACTIVITIES:
PHASE A: PLANNING & PREPARATIONS
A-1: ATC Hydropower Training
Center at Kikuletwa
A-2: Feasibility Studies and
Business Plan
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1
Kikuletwa Plant O&M
History
2
Prepare Training Schemes and
Infrastructure Requirements
3
Training Scheme Situation Analysis,
Strategy & Curricula
4
International
Accreditation
5
ATC Turbine and Technology
Platform Market
6 ATC Capacity Building
7
Training Centre Facilities &
Infrastructure
8 Turbine Testing Station
9
Training Centre Marketing &
Inauguration
1 Stakeholder Outreach Meetings
2 Hydrological Programme
3
Concessions, Licenses, Permits,
Tariffs
4 Community Participation
5
Review & Update Feasibility Studies
(Kikuletwa 1)
6 Investigational Works
7 Environmental & Social Studies
8
Authority Approval of Env. & Tech.
Plans
9 Business Plan
10 Feasibility Study of Cascade
11 Programme Management Meetings

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WORK PLAN PHASE A:

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Cont……

11. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
 HYDROPOWER
TRAINING CENTER
 Short courses
 Long courses
 Professional courses
 Specialized courses
  HYDROPOWER
RESEARCH CENTER
 ATC Turbine designs and
testing
 Turbine performance
characteristics
 Optimization of locally
manufactured turbine
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12. End of Phase A
Feasibility Studies and
Business Plan Report
Feasible PHASE B
Not Feasible ???
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13. PHASE B: IMPLEMENTATION
B-1: Kikuletwa I Reconstruction
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1 HydrologicalProgramme
2 TransactionAdviceServices
3 Owner'sEngineerServices
4 CapacityBuilding-PlantO&Mstaff

14. WORK PLAN PHASE B:
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15. KIKULETWA I
RE-CONSTRUCTION
 Using existing canals and reservoir
 Construct new penstock
 Construct new power house, adjacent
to the old plant
 Expected power output
2 x 1.7MW
 Using existing reservoir as water
storage
 Retain one existing turbine unit for
training purposes
KIKULETWA CASCADING
 Developing three cascading
stages (17 MW - JICA studies)
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16. Summary of activities:
PHASE A & B
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Area
No. Description 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2
A PHASE A - PLANNING & PREPARATION
A1 ATC Hydropower Training Centre at Kikuletwa
A2 Feasibility Studies & Business Plan
A3 Cooperation Partner Administration & Backstopping
Total - Phase A:
B PHASE B - IMPLEMENTATION
B1 Kikuletwa I Reconstruction
B2 Cooperation Partner Administration & Backstopping
B3 Kikuletwa Cascade Implementation (not included)
2018-192014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

17. PLANNED CAPACITY
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Project
Catchment
Area
(Km2)
Firm Capacity
(kW)
(from
JICA
studies)
Planned
capacity
(kW)
Remarks
Kikuletwa I
Re-Construction
2,200 2 x 1,000 2 x 1,700 Phase A
activities
started

18. COMPARISON WITH NEARBY TANESCO
HYDROPOWER PLANTS
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 Nyumba ya Mungu: 8 MW
 Hale: 21 MW
 Pangani: 68 MW

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CONCLUSION
 The concept presents the idea of developing
Hydropower Training Center at Kikuletwa
that will save the following purposes:
 Electricity generation and feed/sold to the grid
 Training center for the hydropower education to the
artisans, technicians, engineers and plant operators
 Research and testing the locally manufactured hydro
turbines

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23. THANK YOU
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