China's CWE in Talks to Build $2 Billion Dam in Guinea
- West African nation's Souapiti dam may double power output
- Energy boost to support mining growth, regional power exports
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Guinea is in talks with China International Water & Electric Corp. to build a $2 billion hydropower dam that would almost double the West African country’s energy output, providing new capacity for the expansion of bauxite processing, said Lansana Fofana, an energy ministry official.
The 550-megawatt Souapiti dam would be CWE’s second project in the country, after it completed the 240-megawatt Kaleta dam about 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of the capital, Conakry, in July. The Kaleta project tripled Guinea’s electricity production and boosted efforts to expand grid access to more of the country’s 12 million citizens.