Jebba Dam

E158900

Jebba Dam is a major hydroelectric power facility in Nigeria that harnesses the flow of the Niger River to generate electricity and support regional water management.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power station ⓘ
affectsRiverFlow Niger River ⓘ
basinCountry Nigeria ⓘ
commissioned 1985 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1979 ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
crosses Niger River ⓘ
damType concrete gravity dam ⓘ
downstreamFrom Kainji Dam ⓘ
fuelType hydropower ⓘ
gridConnectionVoltage 330 kV ⓘ
gridOperator Transmission Company of Nigeria ⓘ
hasNavigationLock yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
installedCapacity 578 MW ⓘ
locatedIn Jebba ⓘ
locatedInRegion West Africa ⓘ
locatedInState Kwara State ⓘ
Niger State ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Niger River ⓘ
nearCity Jebba ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 6 ⓘ
openingYear 1985 ⓘ
operator Kainji Hydro Electric Plc ⓘ
ownedBy Federal Government of Nigeria ⓘ
partOf Nigerian national grid ⓘ
partOfCascade Niger River hydropower cascade ⓘ
linked to: Kainji Dam
plantType run-of-the-river ⓘ
primaryPurpose electricity generation ⓘ
regionServed North Central Nigeria ⓘ
South West Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Western Nigeria
renewableEnergySource hydroelectricity ⓘ
reservoirName Jebba Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
riverSystem Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River
secondaryPurpose flood control ⓘ
navigation support ⓘ
water management ⓘ
supportsActivity fisheries ⓘ
inland water transport ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
supportsGridStability yes ⓘ
turbineType Kaplan turbine ⓘ
upstreamFrom Lokoja ⓘ
usedFor base load supply ⓘ
peak load supply ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Niger River → dam → Jebba Dam ⓘ
Niger State → knownFor → Jebba Dam ⓘ
Kainji Dam → downstreamOf → Jebba Dam site (geographically upstream–downstream relationship in Niger hydropower cascade) ⓘ
linked to: Jebba Dam
The Power State → associatedWith → Jebba Dam ⓘ
Jebba Bridge → near → Jebba Hydroelectric Dam ⓘ
linked to: Jebba Dam