Mwadingusha Hydroelectric Power Station
The Mwadingusha Hydroelectric Power Station, also Mwadingusha Power Station is a 78.3 megawatts hydroelectric power station across the Lufira River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Originally commercially commissioned in 1930, the six electricity generators were replaced and upgraded from 11.8 MW each, to 13.05 MW each, raising generation capacity from 71 MW to 78.3 MW. The rehabilitation and upgrade of the power station between 2016 and 2021, was executed by a joint partnership between Ivanhoe Mines, a Canadian mining company and Société Nationale d'Électricité (SNEL), the DR Congolese national electricity utility parastatal company. Part of the electricity generated here is used by Ivanhoe Mines in its Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mine, an estimated , southwest of the Mwadingusha HPP. The balance of the power is taken up by SNEL and integrated into the national electricity grid. Location The power station lies across the Lufira River, in the town of Mwadingusha, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga Province, in the extreme southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mwadingusha is located approximately northeast of Likasi, the nearest large town. This is about north of Lubumbashi, the provincial capital and nearest large city. History As far back as 2016, SNEL in partnership with