Kaleta Hydropower Plant

Coordinates: 10°27′48″N 13°16′55″W / 10.4634°N 13.2819°W / 10.4634; -13.2819
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Kaleta Hydropower Plant
凯乐塔水电站
Kaleta Hydropower Plant is located in Guinea
Kaleta Hydropower Plant
Location in Guinea
CountryRepublic of Guinea
Locationin the Konkoure River Basinin Western Guinea[1]
Coordinates10°27′48″N 13°16′55″W / 10.4634°N 13.2819°W / 10.4634; -13.2819
PurposePower
Construction began18 April 2012[2]
Construction cost$527 million (an estimated cost)[3]

The Kaleta Hydropower Plant (Chinese: 凯乐塔水电站),[4] also known as Kaleta Hydropower Project[5] or Kaléta Hydropower Station,[6] is a water conservancy project in the Republic of Guinea,[7] located in the Konkoure River Basinin Western Guinea,[8] with a total installed capacity of 240 MW.[9] This project was constructed by China International Water & Electric Corporation.[10]

The construction of the project officially started on 18 April 2012,[11] with an estimated cost of $527 million.[12] On May 28, 2015, the first unit of the hydropower station was officially connected to the grid for power generation.[13] On September 28, 2015, local time in Guinea, the plant was completed and inaugurated in a celebration ceremony.[14]

Before the Souapiti Hydropower Station is scheduled to be completed and put into operation in 2021,[15] the Kaleta Hydropower Plant is the largest hydropower station in Guinea.[16]

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  1. ^ Dango, Abdou Mahaman (25 November 2019). A Guide to Sustainable Energy in West Africa. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 113–. ISBN 978-1-5275-4399-7.
  2. ^ "The story behind a new Guinean currency". People's Daily (in Chinese). 8 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Document of The World Bank(Report No: 68084-GN)". World Bank. 1 May 2012.
  4. ^ "利比里亚总统维阿参观凯乐塔水电站和苏阿皮蒂水电站". Ministry of Commerce (in Chinese). 2019-07-14.
  5. ^ Eberhard, Anton; Gratwick, Katharine; Morella, Elvira (18 April 2016). Independent Power Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Five Key Countries. World Bank Publications. pp. 280–. ISBN 978-1-4648-0801-2.
  6. ^ Africa Yearbook Volume 12: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2015. Brill Publishers. 13 October 2016. pp. 101–. ISBN 978-90-04-33323-9.
  7. ^ "Nursing home cures arthritis in the right knee of a female worker in Jiangxi province". CNKI. 2006-04-06.
  8. ^ "Chinese capital has not 'large-scale withdrawal' from West Africa". Sina. Nov 4, 2014.
  9. ^ "IFC Advisory Powers Guinea in World Bank Group Effort". International Finance Corporation. Jun 23, 2015.
  10. ^ "The Impact of Guinea's Souapiti Dam on Displaced Communities". Human Rights Watch. April 16, 2020.
  11. ^ "The Kaleta Water Conservancy Project in Guinea was officially put into operation". Xinhua News Agency. 30 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Project Appraisal Document - World Bank Document(Report No: PAD904)" (PDF). World Bank. May 21, 2014.
  13. ^ "The first unit of Guinea's Keleta Hydropower Station contracted by a Chinese company was officially connected to the grid for power generation". Xinhua News Agency. May 29, 2015.
  14. ^ "The largest hydropower station in Guinea was completed". Xinhua News Agency. May 29, 2015.
  15. ^ "Guinea's Souapiti Hydropower Station: Resuming work and production to help the local fight against the epidemic". Ministry of Commerce. 2020-05-19.
  16. ^ "A delegation from the African Development Bank visited and inspected the Kaleta Hydropower Station and Suapiti Hydropower Station in Guinea". Ministry of Commerce. 2017-03-30.