Minister of Housing: the installation of the first turbine parts for Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant and Dam in Tanzania (JNHPP) Dr. Assem El Gazzar - Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities announced the success of the Egyptian JV of The Arab Contractors and Elsewedy Electric in starting the installation works of the first turbine parts for Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant and Dam in Tanzania (JNHPP); in the presence of officials of the Ministry Energy and Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO). The Minister of Housing added that this step comes after the completion of the civil works qualified to install the parts of the first turbine, while the total number of 9 turbines, each turbine of them reaches a capacity of 235MW with a total of 2,115MW, and civil works are carried out in parallel throughout the day without interruption. These works are carried out by the Egyptian engineers and technicians and their Tanzanian brothers. The Minister of Housing indicated the great interest and continuous follow up of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi - President of the Republic, for this project which is of great importance in highlighting cooperation with African brothers. Eng. Sayed Farouk – Chairman & CEO of the Arab Contractors Company announced that the project is going on a regular basis and according to the work plan, and all workers are aware of the importance of this project to achieve the dream of the Tanzanian people. Eng. Sayed Farouk expressed his great appreciation for the support provided by the Egyptian government through supervision and follow up by the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities. He pointed out that 158,000m3 of compacted concrete has recently poured into the dam body within 20 days to take advantage of the current dry season. Thus, the total amount of compacted concrete poured in the project reached 685,000 m3 since the river diversion on 18th November 2020, in addition to the temporary dam works to retain water which required 85,000m3 of concrete, besides the rest of the project component. He added that the project witnessed rock explosions and drilling with a quantity of 2.5 million m3, and 50,000 m3 of concrete was poured for the Power House building. Eng. Ahmed Elsewedy – CEO of Elsewedy Electric Company added that the Egyptian JV started installing parts of the electricity generation units in the turbine building, where 4 sections weighing 37 tons were installed from a total of 17 sections representing the bottom of the hydroelectric turbine No. 9. It is considered an important event as the manufacturing and shop drawings for the entire lower part of the turbine were prepared by the Egyptian JV’s engineers and it was manufactured on site by the Egyptian technicians. It passed all quality tests successfully before being installed in a ceremony witnessed by the senior officials of the Tanzania Electricity Supply Company (TANESCO) which is the project owner. The poles carrying cables that will transmit electricity to the national network in Tanzania are currently being installed. It is noteworthy that the project aims at controlling the flood, generating power and preserving the environment. The project is about a main dam with total length 1025m at crest level and 131m height with a capacity to impound approximately 34 billion m3 of water. Besides, the construction of a hydropower plant with a capacity of 2115mw. The plant is located on Rufiji River in Selous Game Reserve at Morogoro area, South West of Dar es Salam (largest city and commercial capital of Tanzania). It will be the biggest plant in Tanzania with a capacity of 6307 MW/hour yearly; the generated power will be transferred by 400kv transmission lines to a substation where the generated power will be merged with the public power grid. In addition to these, the project includes the construction of 4 saddle dams for reservoir impounding of water. Besides, the main spillway is located on the center of the main dam, an emergency spillway and a tunnel with a length of 660m to divert the water of the river. In addition to the construction of 3 tunnels to transfer the water to the power plant, a permanent concrete bridge and 2 temporary bridges on Rufiji River. The civil works includes the construction of temporary and permanent access roads to ease movement and linking the project components.