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Asset classes
- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
Chokepoints
Interconnector
Tanzania – Zambia interconnection (planned)
319th-largest interconnector worldwide · top 46% worldwide (#319 of 704)
- Status
- proposed
- Capacity
- 1,000 MW
- Commissioned
- 2026
- Length
- 620 km
- Voltage
- 400 kV
- Connects to
- Zambia
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · worldwide · 704 ranked
- #1India - North – India - West interconnection36.7 GW
- #317Lithuania – Poland interconnection (planned)1.0 GW
- #318Egypt – Sudan interconnection (planned)1.0 GW
- #319Tanzania – Zambia interconnection (planned)1.0 GW
- #320United States (US-NW-IPCO) – United States (US-NW-NWMT) interconnection (planned)1.0 GW
- #321United States (US-NW-IPCO) – United States (US-NW-PACW) interconnection (planned)1.0 GW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Botswana – Zambia interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 250 MW
- Namibia – Zambia interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 300 MW
- Botswana – Zambia interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 300 MW
- Lusaka Cement Plant3.0 km · Cement Plant
- Zesco Water Works5.3 km · Substation / Converter
- Lusaka West12 km · Substation / Converter
- Chilanga Cement Plant14 km · Cement Plant
- United Capital Chilanga Ammonia Plant16 km · Chemical Plant
- Scirocco Kafue Cement Plant17 km · Cement Plant
- LSMFEZ Substation19 km · Substation / Converter
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Source 2 provides voltage, distance and year planned.
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)