A fleet of XCMG construction equipment has been operating nonstop on the construction of Africa’s largest hydropower plant, the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Station in Tanzania, for the past nine months. These equipment include dozens of excavators, cranes, rollers and concrete spreaders.
With a total investment of over $2.8bn, the hydropower station will have a total installed capacity of 2,115 megawatts and is expected to install nine 235-megawatt vertical Francis turbines. Upon completion, it will increase Tanzania’s current total installed hydropower capacity by 140 percent making the dam the largest installed capacity across the African continent.
“The complex geographical and climatic conditions of Tanzania have been very challenging for construction machinery and equipment’s adaptability and reliability. XCMG has customized and upgraded the fleet of equipment to deliver optimal performance,” said Hanson Liu, Vice President of XCMG.
Among them, the XCA60E all-terrain crane is equipped with the world’s first large-load, single cross boom independent suspension technology. Left and right wheels can rotate independently to adapt to the road conditions autonomously, improving the cross-country performance by 47 percent and high-speed corning maneuverability performance by 15 percent to cope with poor working conditions including high temperatures and wet, soft soil.
As of now, XCMG has established and owns six subsidiaries in Africa and operates more than 30 spare parts centers, with over 30 initial distributors and a sales and service network has nearly full coverage of Sub-Saharan Africa.