Liberia Reopens Hydropower Dam Destroyed in War After 26 Years
- Country to triple generation capability by end of next year
- Mount Coffee hydroplant to generate 88 megawatts at capacity
The Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant on Liberia's Saint Paul River in Harrisburg on Dec. 15, 2016.
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf commissioned a hydropower plant that was destroyed 26 years ago during a civil war as the West African nation seeks to more than triple generation capacity before the end of 2017.
The Mount Coffee plant is supplying 22 megawatts of power, adding to the 38 megawatts the country generates from thermal facilities. Upon full completion next year, the hydroplant will generate 88 megawatts.