Kafue Gorge Lower Power Station

Kafue Gorge Lower Power Station (KGL), be a 750 megawatts (1,010,000 hp) hydroelectric power station insyd Zambia. Background As of 2017, according to USAID, Zambia install generating capacity of 2,800 megawatts. Of dese, 2,380 megawatts (85 percent) be hydroelectricity. Peak electricity demand insyd Zambia be recorded at 1,960 megawatts, plus growth insyd electricity demand dem estimate at between 150 MW den 200 MW every year. Approximately 70 percent of national electricity output be consumed by de country ein mines insyd de Copperbelt Province. Insyd October 2015, after de requisite feasibility den environmental studies, na dem award de engineering, procurement den construction contract to Sinohydro, a Chinese, state-owned hydropower engineering den construction company. De contract price be reported as US$2 billion, plus 85 percent dem borrow from de Exim Bank of China, den de Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. Na de government of Zambia be to invest de remaining 15 percent insyd de project. Location De power station dey locate along de Kafue River, between de Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station upstream den de confluence of de Kafue River plus de Zambezi River downstream. De power station dey locate approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi), by road, south of Lusaka, Zambia ein capital city. De geographical coordinates of Kafue Gorge Lower Power Station be:15°53'46.0"S, 28°33'33.0"E (Latitude:-15.896111; Longitude:28.559167). Construction Construction of de power station begin insyd November 2015. As of July 2019, na dem expect de contractor to conclude during de fourth quarter of 2020. During construction, na dem create over 3,000 jobs. Insyd September 2019, na dem halt de construction of de dam den power station secof financial difficulties. Insyd July 2021, one of de five turbines (Turbine Number 2) commercially be commissioned to supply 150 megawatts to de Zambian national grid. Insyd March 2023, na dem start last of de five turbines. Presido Hakainde Hichilema officially commission de power station. Thru out ein construction, de project create 15,000 local jobs wey e significantly contribute to de growth of de local construction, trade, den transportation sectors. Additionally, e spur de development of infrastructure wey dey surround de hydropower station. After construction, de hydropower plant go boost Zambia ein power capacity by nearly 38%. Funding De below table dey summarize de funding sources for de power station alone, widout de related power line, road den oda infrastructure. Operations De power generated go be evacuated via a 330-kilovolt transmission line, wey dey measure approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) to Lusaka, for integration into de national power grid. Funding De below table summarizes de funding sources for de power station alone, without de related power line, road den other infrastructure. De power generated dey be evacuated via a 330-kilovolt transmission line, measuring approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) to Lusaka, for integration into de national power grid. References External links Construction of hydro power station at Kafue Gorge suspended As of 11 September 2019. Feasibility Study of the Kafue Gorge Lower Hydroelectric Project As at 18 August 2010.