HYDROPOWER

HOW SOUAPITI DAM CONSTRUCTION IS IMPACTING GUINEA

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HOW SOUAPITI DAM CONSTRUCTION IS IMPACTING GUINEA

Souapiti dam construction when finished will be Guinea largest hydropower. It will have the potential to significantly improve access to electricity in a country in desperate need of reliable energy. But the 450-megawatt dam, part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), comes at a substantial cost to local communities. While thousands of villagers will lose agricultural land to flooding and, with it, access to food and income. In an interview with Guinean activist Mariama…

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TANZANIA TO GENERATE 10,000MW OF POWER BY 2025

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TANZANIA TO GENERATE 10,000MW OF POWER BY 2025

Tanzania’s Deputy Energy Minister speaks to parliament on this huge plans Plans are in motion by the Government in Tanzania to generate 10,000MW of power. In essence, expanding its current power generation capacity moving sixfold ahead from 1,602 megawatts to reach 10,000 megawatts by 2025. This will be achieved through investments in thermal and renewable energy, Deputy Energy Minister, Subira Mgalu told the parliament on Tuesday, 23rd April, 2019. Mgalu said, “We need to have abundant and reliable power…

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NACHTIGAL HYDROPOWER PLANT IN CAMEROON TO LIMIT CLIMATE CHANGE

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NACHTIGAL HYDROPOWER PLANT IN CAMEROON TO LIMIT CLIMATE CHANGE

Nachtigal Hydropower Plant in Cameroon will help limit climate change. On the 31st of January 2019, the World Bank Group via World Bank Africa tweeted; that it supports the construction of the Nachtigal Hydropower plant in Cameroon. Derivatives from the tweet suggests that; the 420 mega watts (MW) Nachtigal Hydropower project which will be a source of clean power generation in Cameroon; will also help avoid 40 – 60 million tons of carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions…

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ANGOLA: 5TH IN AFRICA HYDRO-POWER RANKING

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ANGOLA: 5TH IN AFRICA HYDRO-POWER RANKING

Angola moves from 11th to 5th in Africa hydropower ranking. Hydro capacity in Angola have grown from 400MW in 2016 to 1,108MW in 2017. This progress have moved the country to become one of five (5) largest hydropower(s) in the continent. The local Laúca and Cambambe dams are also responsible for putting the country on the 2017 list of five nations with most increased hydroelectricity capacity. Also, according to the International Hydroelectric Power Association (IHA) reports, in…

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HYDROPOWER PRODUCTION INCREASE IN KENYA

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HYDROPOWER PRODUCTION INCREASE IN KENYA

Hydropower production set to increase due to rise in the water level after a rainfall in Kenya. Kenya Government has increase the production of hydropower due to rise in the water level. The rise in water result following the heavy rains that have filled up dams. The overflow dam will help boost the power generation in the country. KenGen Managing Director Rebecca Miano said  “The ongoing rains will boost production in the eastern hydros of Masinga, Kamburu, Gitaru, Kindaruma, Kiambere,…

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NIGERIA GOVERNMENT PLANS TO GENERATE 14,000MW HYDROPOWER

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NIGERIA GOVERNMENT PLANS TO GENERATE 14,000MW HYDROPOWER

Nigeria government plans to increase its hydropower capacity from 12,000mw to 14,000mw. The project which was investigated by both the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) and Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has found out that the country can generated 14,000mw of hydropower. According to the investigation which shows that it will comprises of large, medium and small scheme hydropower across the country. The country currently generates a bulk of its electricity from thermal plants and…

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