DR Congo
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Congo
Capital: Kinshasa
Population: 81,3 Million
Independence in 1960
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SNEL
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Societe National d’Electricite (congo)
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Responsible for generation and distribution of electricity in Congo
Electricity[edit]
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reserves of petroleum, natural gas, coal, and a potential
hydroelectric power generating capacity of around 100,000 MW. The Inga Dam, alone on the
Congo River, has the potential capacity to generate 40,000 to 45,000 MW of electric power,
sufficient to supply the electricity needs of the whole Southern Africa region. Ongoing
uncertainties in the political arena, and a resulting lack of interest from investors has meant that
the Inga dam's potential has been limited.
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In 2001, the dam was estimated to have an installed generating capacity of 2,473 MW. It is
estimated that the dam is capable of producing no more than 650–750 MW, because two-thirds of
the facility's turbines do not work. There are plans to raise the Inga power station to 44,000 MW
capacity by 2010.The African Development bank has agreed to supply $8 million towards it. The
government has also agreed to strength the Inga-kolwezi and Inga-South Africa interconnections
and to construct a 2nd power line to supply power to Kinshasa.
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If harvested to its full potential, the hydroelectricity could
provide power for the whole of Africa[citation needed].
 In 2007, the DROC had a gross production of public and selfproduced electricity of 8,302 million kWh. The DROC
imported 78 million kWh of electricity in 2007. The DROC is
also an exporter of electric power. In 2003, electric power
exports came to 1.3 TWh, with power transmitted to the
Republic of Congo and its capital, Brazzaville, as well as to
Zambia and South Africa. There were plans to build the
Western Power Corridor (Westcor) to supply electricity
from Inga III hydroelectric power plant to the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and South
Africa.
 The national power company is Société nationale
d'électricité (SNEL).
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Energy facts:
1% Thermal
99% hydro power
AC and DC (inga-Shaba)
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Two Inga Dams built on river Congo near
Matudi
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Zongo 3 Hydro turbines 51,8MW
Inga 6 hydro turbines 60MW each
Inga 1 and 2
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The Inga Dams are two hydroelectric dams
connected to one of the largest waterfalls in the
world, Inga Falls. They are located in the western
Democratic Republic of the Congo and 140 miles
southwest of Kinshasa. The Congo River drops 96
metres
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The two hydroelectric dams, Inga I and Inga II,
currently operate at a low output. Inga I has a
total installed capacity of 351 MW and Inga II has
1424 MW.[4] They were built under former
president Mobutu Sese Seko as part of the Inga–
Shaba project