Caculo Cabaça 2171MW hydroelectric power plant

Overview:

• Caculo Cabaça 2171MW hydroelectric power plant.
• The dam is to be built on the Kwanza River in northwest Angola and is set to be the biggest power project in Angola's history.
• The project is part of a wider plan by the Angolan government to produce 9000MW of energy by 2025, turning the country into an exporter of electricity to markets such a Namibia and South Africa.
• The project is being developed and constructed by a consortium made up of China Gezhouba Group Corporation, Boreal Investments and Niara-Holding.
• $4.5 billion in financing is being provided by a consortium of lenders led by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC).
• Hydropower accounts for more than two thirds of Angola's energy generation and the Kwanzi river itself already has two dams: the 180MW Cambambe and the 130MW Capanda, while a third the 2069.5MW Laúca Dam is under construction.

Sam Duke - Editor