| Pangani Falls Dam | |
| Name Official: | Pangani Hydro Systems |
| Location Map: | Tanzania |
| Location Map Caption: | Map of Tanzania showing the location of Pangani Falls Dam |
| Coordinates: | -5.3491°N 38.6503°W |
| Location: | Muheza District, Tanga, Tanzania |
| Construction Began: | 1991 |
| Opening: | 1994 |
| Cost: | $126 million (1995) |
| Owner: | TANESCO |
| Dam Height: | 10 |
| Dam Crosses: | Pangani River |
| Spillway Type: | Earth and Rock Fill |
| Spillway Capacity: | 47000m2 |
| Res Capacity Total: | 0.8e6m3 |
| Res Catchment: | 42200sqkm |
| Plant Operator: | Tanesco |
| Plant Turbines: | 2x34 |
| Plant Capacity: | 68MW |
| Plant Commission: | 1994 |
Pangani Falls Dam is a dam in Tanzania, which is part of the Pangani Hydro Systems. The dam is located at Koani in the Muheza District of the Tanga Region, about 8km (05miles) south of another power station at Hale. The Pangani falls power station has two turbines and has an installed capacity of .[1]
Construction of the dam began in December 1991 and was commissioned quickly just three years later to aid the ailing power shortages in the country. The entire project was funded by European Scandinavian nations (Norway, Finland and Sweden), which jointly decided to finance the Pangani Falls Redevelopment Project in 1989.[2]
The project cost a total of US$126 million and was funded by three financiers: NORAD of Norway (42%); FINNIDA of Finland (33%) and SIDA of Sweden (25%).