Hydropower

Power Plant

Kurra (Kurra Falls)

River: Tenti

River (alternative name): Kurra
Year of commisioning: 1929
Dam height (m): 19
Volume (Hm3): 17
Lake area (Km2): 3.50

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Kogingiri

River: Kogingiri

Year of commisioning: 1935

Dam height (m): 8

Volume (Hm3): 0.21

Lake area (Km2): 0.03

Comments: current installed capacity in MW is not available. Also, the exact location is unclear

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Jekko 2

River: Sanga

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Jekko 1

River: Sanga

River (alternative name): Lere
Year of commisioning: 1937
Dam height (m): 10
Volume (Hm3): 1.40
Lake area (Km2): 0.40

Comments: location unclear

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Jada

Status: Under construction

River: not available
Expected year of commisioning: not available
Dam height (m): 18
Volume (Hm3): 40.60
Lake area (Km2): not available

Comments: capacity planned in MW not available

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Ikere Gorge

River: Ogun
Year of commisioning: 1991
Dam height (m): 48
Volume (Hm3): 690
Lake area (Km2): 48

Metadata: HERE

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Guma

River: Guma
Year of commisioning: 1967. It was decommissioned in 1982
Dam height (m): 69
Volume (Hm3): 220
Lake area (Km2): 0.80

Comments: the plant was not operational in 2016 (direct information from MoE in Sierra Leone)

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Firestone (Harbel)

River: Farmington
Year of commisioning: 1942
Dam height (m): not available
Volume (Hm3): not available
Lake area (Km2): not available

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Ekiti

Status: Under construction

Comment: geographical location unclear

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Charlotte

River: not available
Year of commisioning: 2016
Dam height (m): not available
Volume (Hm3): not available
Lake area (Km2): not available

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Challawa Gorge

River: Challawa
Year of commisioning: 1992
Dam height (m): 40
Volume (Hm3): 930
Lake area (Km2): 96

Metadata: HERE

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Port Loko (Bhanka Soka Project)

River: Bankasoka
Year of commisioning: December 2017
Dam height (m): not available
Volume (Hm3): not available
Lake area (Km2): not available

UNIDO funded the feasibility study.

The Government of China funded the project.

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Bakolori

River: Sokoto
Year of commisioning: 1978
Dam height (m): 48
Volume (Hm3): 450
Lake area (Km2): 57

Comments: the plant was not working in June 2016 (information from a field mission in the country)

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Ankwil 2 (Bagel 2)

River: Tenti

River (alternative name): Bagel

Year of commisioning: 1963

Dam height (m): 9

Volume (Hm3): 1.16

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Ankwil 1 (Bagel 1)

River: Tenti

River (alternative name): Bagel

Year of commisioning: 1964

Dam height (m): 27

Volume (Hm3): 31

Lake area (Km2): 4.10

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Saltinho Phase 2

The project was first evaluated by ECREEE (SKM).

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Oyan

River: Oyan
Year of commisioning: 1983
Dam height (m): 30
Volume (Hm3): 270
Lake area (Km2): 44

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Kiri

River: Gongola

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Kashimbilla

Status: under construction

River: Katsina Ala
Expected year of commisioning: not available
Dam height (m): 35
Volume (Hm3): 500
Lake area (Km2): not available

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Gurara

River: Gurara
Year of commisioning: 2011
Dam height (m): 55
Volume (Hm3): 880
Lake area (Km2): 32.45

Source: HERE

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