Caculo Cabaça Hydroelectric Power Station is a 2.172 GW hydroelectric power station under construction in
Angola
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. When completed, it will be bigger than the 2.070 GW
Laúca Hydroelectric Power Station, the largest power station in the country, as of July 2017.
Location
The power station is located at the village of São Pedro da Quilemba, near the city of
Dondo, in
Cuanza Norte Province
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This location is approximately , by road, southeast of
Luanda
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, the capital and largest city of Angola.
The geographical coordinates of Caculo Cabaça Hydroelectric Power Station are: 09°46'50.0"S, 14°32'58.0"E (Latitude:-9.780556; Longitude:14.549444).
Overview
In August 2017, construction began on this power station, by the selected contractor,
China Gezhouba Group Company Limited, with partial funding from the state-owned
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). The planned generation capacity at Caculo Cabaça is 2,172 megawatts, to be used in Angola and for export to the countries in the
Southern African Power Pool
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.
Construction is expected to last at least 80 months.
In October 2019, the
Angola Press News Agency
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reported that commercial commissioning of this power station was expected in 2024.
The main dam will be in height, with crest width of , creating a reservoir lake that measures in length, with a surface area of .
Construction costs
The total project cost is budgeted at US $4.5 billion, 85 percent of which was borrowed from ICBC. The construction company, Gezhouba Group, will own, operate and maintain the power station for at least four years after commercial commissioning. During those four years, China Gezhouba will train Angolan technicians on how to manage the power station. An estimated 10,000 workers are expected to be hired during the construction phase.
In May 2023 the construction budget was revised upwards to US$5.2 billion, with US$3.8 billion allocated to the dam and US$1.4 billion allocated to electric generation and transmission equipment. The government of
Germany
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has agreed to lend $1.16 billion to the government of Angola to fund the procurement and installation of the turbines and related electrical hardware by the German conglomerate
Voith Hydro
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.
See also
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List of power stations in Angola
This article lists the power stations in Angola.
Legend
Natural gas
List of all natural gas power plants in Angola.
Hydroelectric
List of all hydroelectric power plants in Angola.
Solar
See also
* List of power stations in Afr ...
References
External links
Angola Hydropower Country Profile
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Power stations in Angola
Hydroelectric power stations in Angola