The latest news about Westcor and its hopes for Grand Inga seem to indicate anything but a revival; however, reports have the SADC urging the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to set the stage for a comeback.
The SADC Secretariat has reportedly told the DRC to implement a new initiative that would involve major changes to the former JV Westcor. The major changes would have Westcor under a new project name and a different infrastructure altogether, according to local news source The Southern Times. The report goes on to say that the DRC would consider giving SADC member countries an alternative site to develop the Inga III, which went under after Westcor pulled out and closed its
The Inga III, which Westcor had hoped to develop, was expected to produce 4,500 MW and the whole project was expected to cost $7 billion, driven and owned by the five national utilities of the member states. The project reportedly failed after the DRC decided to take on the project alone, instead of initial joint efforts by southern African countries.
Simson Haulofu, Nampower’s GM Generation, said to The Southern Times, “The DRC is looking at other possible sites along the
Haulofu said that the SADC has agreed to let the DRC run the project as it is “their natural resource, located in their country.”
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