Luanda - The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, on Friday assessed with the Chairman of the China Gezhouba Group Corporation Limited (CGGC), Tan Huan, the level of execution of the construction project for the Caculo-Cabaça hydroelectric plant in the province of Cuanza Norte.
The Caculo-Cabaça hydroelectric plant was designed to produce 2,272 megawatts of electrical energy.
Speaking to the press, Tan Huan informed that the project follows the approved schedule and can be delivered within the contractual deadlines.
He expressed his company's interest in investing in many other areas, such as clean energy, to contribute to Angolan economic development.
During his visit to the project last May, the President of the Republic had expressed the commitment of the Angolan Executive to do everything possible to complete the works on the Caculo-Cabaça Hydroelectric Plant by October 2026.
At the time, he considered hoping that within approximately three years, more specifically in October 2026, the largest hydroelectric dam in Angola and the third largest on the African continent, after Aswan, in Egypt, and Cahora Bassa, in Mozambique, could be inaugurated.
"We will do everything so that by the estimated date (October 2026) we can place this great infrastructure at the service of the country, the economy and the populations”, the President said.
The Head of State assured that the project has confirmed financing from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, for the civil part of the work, and from a German bank, for the cost of the five turbines that will be installed.
The Caculo-Cabaça Hydroelectric Plant is located along the Middle Kwanza River, where the Cambambe, Capanda and Laúca hydroelectric plants are also already located.
The area of the hydroelectric basin in the dam section is 112, 663 square meters and the total predicted average annual flow is 591 cubic meters per second.
The reservoir, with full storage level at quota (630), has a storage capacity of 436 cubic meters per hour. The Caculo-Cabaça Hydroelectric Plant will produce, on average, eight (8) thousand and 566 gigawatts of energy per year, allowing an annual saving of 2,850 million tons of coal and, consequently, a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in the order of nine million tons. JfS/ADR/TED/DOJ
