Memve'ele power station
| Memve'ele power station | ||
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| Coordinates | 2 ° 24 '9 " N , 10 ° 23' 37" E | |
| country |
 Cameroon
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| place | Nyabessang | |
| Waters | Ntem | |
| power plant | ||
| owner | Eneo | |
| operator | Eneo | |
| Start of operation | 2016 | |
| technology | ||
| Bottleneck performance | 211 megawatts | |
| Turbines | Francis turbines 4 × 52 MW | |
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The power plant Memve'ele ( French Barrage de hydroélectrique Memve'ele ) is a hydroelectric power plant in Nyabessang region Sud , Cameroon , the most Ntem is located. The power plant is owned by Eneo also operated and Eneo.
history
The contract to build the power plant was signed at the beginning of 2012 between the government of Cameroon and the Chinese company Sinohydro . Construction work began in January 2013. The power plant's first machine went into operation in September 2016.
Barrier structure
The barrier structure is an earth embankment dam with a height of 20 m.
Reservoir
The reservoir has a comparatively unusual shape. Since the valley is relatively narrow in this area, the lake is heavily ramified by the old and tributaries. However, with a length of well over 10 km and a storage volume of 19 million m³, it only has a maximum width of 200 m.
power plant
The Memve'ele power plant has a total of four Francis turbines and an installed capacity of 211 MW .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cameroun: la mise en production du barrage de Memve'ele permettra à Eneo de réduire ses coûts de production, “jusqu'à un milliard” F CFA par mois. energies-media.com, March 26, 2018, accessed on June 29, 2018 (French).
- ↑ a b Barrage hydroélectrique de Memve'ele: bientôt la mise en service… projetmemveele.org, accessed on June 29, 2018 (French).
- ↑ a b Cameroon, Memve'ele Hydropower Station. Sinohydro , accessed June 29, 2018 .