Sarakawa

• Expected Year of commissioning: 2020

• Location: 22 km north-west from Kara. 4 km south-west from Sarakawa
• River: Kara, Volta River Basin
• Watersheed: 2,767 km2
• Average annual discharge: 32.30 m3/s

• Dam height: 44.5 m and 500m lenght, with a neck dam height of 10m and 760m long
• Utilization factor: 50%
• Maximum power: 24.2 MW
• Turbines: 2 vertical Francis turbines with a unit capacity of 12.1 MW (93%)
• Estimated annual production: 105,7 GWh
• Electricity distribution: 161 kV (conditioned by the futute transmission line Kara – Dapaong). Variant: in 66 kV to Kara (27 km)

• Cost of production works: 52.8M EUR
• Cost of Energy Evacuation Structure: 7.7M EUR
• Ration Million EUR / MW: 2.5
• Investment CAPEX: 60.49M EUR
• Estimated production cost: 0,057 EUR / kWh; 37,71 FCFA / kWh
• Supported by: EU, AFD and the European Bank of Investment (EBI)

More info: Agence Togolaise d'Electrification Rurale et des Energies Renouvelables (AT2ER)