China’s Gezhouba Group Co. Ltd (CGGC) was awarded a contract to build a 2,172 MW hydroelectric dam by the Angolan government. The hydro dam will be located on Angola’s Kwanza River.
The project will be the country’s largest hydroelectric complex and the largest hydroelectric complex built by a Chinese company in Africa.
The dam will be 156 meters high and 1,200 meters long and will cover an area of ​​24,000 hectares. It will be equipped, among other things, with a power plant of six turbines capable of producing 334 MW of electricity each.
With the first foundation stone being laid earlier this month, the project is expected to be complete in 2023 at a cost of $4.5 billion. After its construction, the dam will be operated for four years by the Chinese company.