Ngonye Falls is an 180MW hydro power project. It is planned on Zambezi river/basin in Western, Zambia. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently at the permitting stage. It will be developed in a single phase. The project construction is likely to commence in 2025 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in 2028. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is being developed by Western Power. African Power Projects and Eleqtra are currently owning the project.
Ngonye Falls is a run-of-river project. The gross head and net head of the project will be 22.5m and 21.7m respectively. The project is expected to generate 887 GWh of electricity.
The hydro power project consists of 4 turbines, each with 45MW nameplate capacity.
Development status
The project construction is expected to commence from 2025. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by 2028.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project will be sold to ZESCO under a power purchase agreement. The power will be sold at the rate of $9.68kWh for a period of 25 years.
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