Three Gorges Has Nothing on China-Backed Dam to Power Africa
- Consortia from China and Spain signed accords on Inga III plan
- Civil-society groups ask if Congolese will enjoy the benefits
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A dream of building the world’s biggest hydroelectric project in the heart of Africa may be inching closer to reality.
For decades, plans have been made and discarded to construct a series of hydroelectric power stations on Africa’s second-longest river that would generate almost twice the power of the Three Gorges Dam in China, the world’s largest. If completed, a Grand Inga Dam could go a long way to addressing one of the most debilitating obstacles to development across Africa from Nigeria to South Africa: electricity shortages.