Africa's gigantic $80B dam could transform entire continent

Re:Africa's gigantic $80B dam could transform entire continent by astar1 on Monday July 21, 2025 @05:11PM (#44640457)

>To put it in perspective, it will have a generating capacity far greater than that of the Three Gorges dams in China and Itaipu in Brazil. With a projected capacity to produce 40.000 megawatts of power, the Grand Inga Dam is more than just an ambitious megaproject.

Am I missing something here?

Three Gorges damn has capacity of 80, the new Tibet dam that China already started building has a capacity 300 megawatts https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/21/china-starts-b...

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Re:Africa's gigantic $80B dam could transform entire continent by ethan_smith on Monday July 21, 2025 @05:36PM (#44640702)

Three Gorges Dam's capacity is actually 22,500 MW (not 80), and the Yarlung Tsangpo project in Tibet is estimated at 60,000 MW (not 300), making Grand Inga's proposed 40,000 MW capacity indeed significant but not the largest.

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Re:Africa's gigantic $80B dam could transform entire continent by Sayrus on Monday July 21, 2025 @05:21PM (#44640557)

The source for that number states 22.5 gigawatts capacity. 88.2 is the annual production in TWh. (Or 98TWh according to Wikipedia)

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Re:Africa's gigantic $80B dam could transform entire continent by TylerE on Monday July 21, 2025 @05:17PM (#44640517)

Your numbers are wrong. Three Gorges is 22.5GW, not 80.

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