Nachtigal Hydropower Project

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The Nachtigal Hydropower Project is a major hydroelectric dam and power station in Cameroon designed to significantly boost the country’s electricity generation capacity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power station ⓘ
abbreviation NHPC ⓘ
linked to: NHPC Limited
constructionMethod public-private partnership ⓘ
constructionStart 2019 ⓘ
country Cameroon ⓘ
damType roller-compacted concrete dam ⓘ
developer Nachtigal Hydro Power Company ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
environmentalMeasure biodiversity management plan ⓘ
resettlement action plan ⓘ
estimatedCost approximately 1.2 billion euros ⓘ
over 1.3 billion US dollars ⓘ
expectedAnnualGeneration about 2.9 TWh ⓘ
expectedCommissioning mid-2020s ⓘ
expectedContributionToNationalCapacity around 30 percent of Cameroon’s installed capacity ⓘ
financier African Development Bank ⓘ
Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft ⓘ
European Investment Bank ⓘ
Proparco ⓘ
World Bank Group ⓘ
gridConnectionVoltage 225 kV ⓘ
impact improved reliability of electricity supply in Cameroon ⓘ
increase in renewable share of Cameroon’s energy mix ⓘ
reduction of thermal power generation ⓘ
installedCapacity 420 MW ⓘ
locatedIn Central Region, Cameroon ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Sanaga River ⓘ
majorityShareholder Électricité de France ⓘ
nearCity Yaoundé ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 7 ⓘ
owner Nachtigal Hydro Power Company ⓘ
powerPurchaseAgreementDuration 35 years ⓘ
PPAWith ENEO Cameroon ⓘ
linked to: Eneo Cameroon
purpose electricity generation ⓘ
increase national power generation capacity ⓘ
regionServed national grid of Cameroon ⓘ
regulator Government of Cameroon ⓘ
sector electric power ⓘ
shareholder International Finance Corporation ⓘ
Republic of Cameroon ⓘ
linked to: Cameroon

Électricité de France ⓘ
status under construction ⓘ
technology run-of-river with reservoir elements ⓘ
turbineCapacity 60 MW ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ

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Sanaga River → hasHydroelectricProject → Nachtigal Hydropower Project ⓘ
Nachtigal Hydropower Project → developer → Nachtigal Hydro Power Company ⓘ
linked to: Nachtigal Hydropower Project
Sanaga River basin → containsHydropowerDam → Nachtigal Hydropower Project ⓘ
Nachtigal Falls → hasHydropowerProject → Nachtigal Hydropower Project ⓘ