Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Grand Inga Hydropower Project: The ultimate African power project

Aerial view of the semi-functional Inga dam on the Congo River. PHOTO/UNEP

With an estimated cost of US$80 billion, the Grand Inga Hydropower Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will not come cheap.

But its 40GW output would drive Africa into a brave new world of industrialization, potentially lighting up the continent from Cape Town in South Africa to Cairo in Egypt.

However, the absence of clear intent from the Democratic Republic of Congo has so far capsized attempts

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