Kajbar Dam | |
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Country | Sudan |
Location | Northern State |
Coordinates | 19°56′24″N 30°25′51″E / 19.94000°N 30.43083°E |
Purpose | Power |
Status | Proposed |
Construction cost | $700 m |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Nile River |
Height (thalweg) | 20 m |
Reservoir | |
Surface area | 110 km2 |
Power Station | |
Turbines | 6 x 60 MW |
Installed capacity | 360 MW |
The Kajbar Power Station is a proposed hydroelectric power plant on the Nile in northern Sudan. Flooding the third cataract, it will have a power generating capacity of 360 MW, enough to power over 202,000 homes.[1] Among other goals, the dam aims at facilitating heavy industry implantation in the area by its power generation.[2]
Kajbar power station is part of a larger hydropower generation programme all along the Nile in Sudan, that also includes the Merowe dam (completed in 2009), Shreiq dam and Dal dam (proposed).[3]
As of 2020, the project is stalled and the expected completion date is unknown.