Mt coffee hydropower dam, Liberia’s biggest post-war infrastructure project, comes back on after 25 years.
Liberia on Wednesday started testing the second turbine of its hydropower generating plant in Harrisburg. The unit at the Mt. Coffee Hydropower Plant has the capacity of 22 megawatts and will increase the installed capacity of the plant to 44 megawatts, bringing the overall capacity to 82.
A statement from Liberian officials however cautioned that putting the second turbine into operation will lead to outages in parts of the country.
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, last year commissioned the first generating unit of the same plant.
When the project is completed, the Mt. Coffee Hydropower Plant will have a total generating capacity of 88 MW.
The Liberian Electricity Corporation (LEC) is hoping to increase its customer base with the anticipated increase in power generation.
There has been a promise by the Liberian government to reduce tariffs once the new plant begins to produce power to feed the national grid.
Wednesday’s testing of the new plant will end on February 6.
Source: Africafeeds.com
