CAMEROON PUSHES AHEAD WITH MAJOR 420MW HYDRO PROJECT – DIVERSIFYING IMPORTANT AFRICAN POWER MARKET
December 28th, 2023
In most urbanised industrialised economies, the current focus on renewable energy growth is on wind and solar. Lacking untapped river resources, major hydro-electric projects are rare. However, in larger and more rural countries, especially those still industrialising, large-scale hydro is still an option. Cameroon, which is finalising construction of a new 420MW project, damming the Sanaga River, the central African country’s largest watercourse, 70km north-east of the capital Yaoundé, is a case in point.
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