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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\tCongo has an estimated hydroelectric potential of over 22,000 MW. The government aims to increase the country's energy capacity for industrial development, in line with its economic diversification policy.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t \t\t In hydroelectricity alone, the country has an estimated potential of 22,000 megawatts, but only 3 megawatts are currently in operation. Two new hydroelectric dams, at Mourala and Nyanga in the south of the country, will be built through a PPP signed in May 2022 by the government with a consortium of two private companies. These two new hydroelectric dams will have a capacity of 331 megawatts. The first, called Morala, will produce 230 megawatts, while the second, called Nyanga, is estimated at 101 megawatts.<\/p>\n The agreement also includes the complete rehabilitation of the Liouesso hydroelectric dam, in the Sangha department, with a capacity of 19 megawatts, inaugurated in 2017 by the Head of State.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t \t\t Selected in May 2021 to carry out the studies, construction and commissioning in BOT (Built Operate Transfer) mode of the Chollet dam (600 MW), the Chinese firm China Gezhouba Group saw its contract terminated by Cameroon and Congo, which are jointly leading the project. The government cites as the reason for this decision the desire of the service provider China Gezhouba to carry out the project in EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) mode and not in BOT mode as initially planned by the parties. A major integrative project in the CEMAC zone (Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Chad, CAR and Equatorial Guinea), the Chollet hydroelectric dam was to be built on the Dja River, the river border between Cameroon and Congo. The entry into service of this energy infrastructure was to make it possible to reduce the energy deficit of these two countries, but also those of neighboring countries such as the Central African Republic and Gabon.<\/span><\/p>\n Studies for the construction of the Sounda Dam, which will be able to generate up to 1,000 MW, have been launched. The project is progressing as a BOT, under a concession contract with a Chinese company (China Roadways Twenty), which has already been awarded the contract.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t