Masinga Hydroelectric Power Station

Tashar Wutar Lantarki ta Masinga, wacce kuma ita ce Madatsar Ruwa ta Masinga, madatsar ruwa ce da ke kan Kogin Tana, kogi mafi tsawo a Kenya kuma tana kan iyakar Gundumomin Embu da Machakos a Lardin Gabashin kuma tana da nisan mil 106. kilomita (66) mi.), ta hanyar hanya, arewa maso gabashin Nairobi, babban birnin Kenya kuma birni mafi girma. An fara gina madatsar ruwan a shekarar 1978, kuma an kammala ta a shekarar 1981. Hukumar Raya Koguna ta Tana da Athi (TARDA) ce ke da shi. Ana amfani da madatsar ruwan don samar da wutar lantarki kuma wani bangare ne na Tsarin Forks Bakwai. Dam Madatsar ruwan Masinga mai tsawon mita 60 ne da kuma tsawon mita 2,200 na madatsar ruwan mai girman mita 4,950,000. Madatsar ruwan tana ɗauke da hanyar zubar da ruwa da kuma hanyar fita daga ƙasa. Madatsar Ruwa A cikakken matakin madatsar ruwa (matsakaicin matakin ambaliya na mita 1,056.5) madatsar ruwan madatsar ruwa tana da faɗin saman 120 km² kuma jimillar ƙarfinsa shine biliyan 1.56 m³. Mafi ƙarancin matakin aiki yawanci shine mita 1,037. A ranar 26 ga Yuni, KenGen ta rufe tashar wutar lantarki saboda matakin aiki ya faɗi zuwa mita 1,035.5. A lokacin rufe tashar tana samar da wutar lantarki mai ƙarfin 14 MW. Saboda yawan ruwan da yake da shi, ma'ajiyar ruwan tana da matuƙar muhimmanci wajen daidaita kwararar ruwa ga sauran tashoshin samar da wutar lantarki guda huɗu da ke ƙasa. Cibiyar samar da wutar lantarki Kamfanin samar da wutar lantarki na ruwa mai gudana a kogin ya fara aiki a shekarar 1981. Kamfanin samar da wutar lantarki na Kenya (KenGen) ne kuma yake gudanar da shi. Kamfanin yana da karfin samar da wutar lantarki na MW 40. Matsakaicin samar da wutar lantarki a kowace shekara yana tsakanin 128 (a cikin 2008) da 232 (a cikin 2007) GWh, ya danganta da ruwan da Kogin Tana ke kwarara. Kamfanin samar da wutar lantarki ya ƙunshi injinan samar da wutar lantarki guda biyu na Kaplan waɗanda ke da ƙarfin MW 20 kowannensu. Escher Wyss ne ya samar da injinan samar da wutar lantarki, injinan samar da wutar lantarki na ABB ne. Matsakaicin kan ruwa shine mita 49, matsakaicin kwararar ruwa a kowace injin samar da wutar lantarki shine mita 45.9 (45) m³/s. Tarihi Kudin jarin madatsar ruwan ya kai dala miliyan 172. An gudanar da nazarin yiwuwar amfani da wutar lantarki a shekarun 1970 kuma sun tabbatar da yuwuwar kwararar tashoshin wutar lantarki na ruwa a bakin Kogin Tana : Masinga, Kamburu, Gitaru, Kindaruma, Kiambere, Karura, Mutonga, Low Grand Falls, Usheni, Adamsons Falls, da Kora. An gina biyar na farko daga cikinsu zuwa yanzu. An soke shirin ɗaga madatsar ruwa da mita 1.5 domin ƙara yawan madatsar ruwa zuwa mita biliyan 2. Da kuɗin zai kai dala miliyan 15. A watan Fabrairun 2018, KenGen ya sake farfado da shirin ɗaga katangar Masinga da 2 metres (6.6 ft), da kuma shigar da kayan aikin famfo don sake amfani da ruwan da ke kwarara zuwa madatsar ruwa don samar da wutar lantarki mai ɗorewa a lokacin rani. Hukumar Raya Ƙasa ta Faransa (AFD) ta amince ta ba da rancen KSh21 miliyan (€169,000) da ake buƙata don gudanar da sabon kimanta yuwuwar da tasirin muhalli. AFD ta zaɓi EDF Group, wani kamfanin Faransa don gudanar da binciken. Ruwan sama mai ƙarfi da ya fara a watan Maris na 2018 ya haifar da ambaliyar ruwa mai yawa a duk faɗin yankin Kogin Tana. A ranar 17 ga Mayu 2018, an sanar da cewa madatsar ruwan Masinga ta isa ƙarfinta kuma ta fara ambaliya mako guda bayan gazawar wani ƙaramin madatsar ruwa a Solai . Duk da cewa matakan kariya da aka ɗauka sun hana madatsar ruwan ta lalace, sauran madatsun ruwa da ke ƙasa sun riga sun isa ƙarfinsu kuma hukumomi sun ba da shawarar a kwashe garuruwan Garissa, Garsen, Hola, da Bura. Manazarta