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Hydropower accounted for 25% Congo Brazzaville’s total installed electricity capacity in 2021. As of early 2024, the country had three hydropower plants. Congo Brazzaville has significant hydropower potential, estimated at 3.9 GW, but only 5% of this power has been developed.
Eni, the leading natural gas producer in Congo Brazzaville, constructed the two natural gas-fired power plants to reduce natural gas flaring and commercialize more of the associated natural gas produced at its oil fields.
The water intake is built inside a gravity dam to retain water for Brazzaville’s electricity demand. Since its construction in the 1950’s, there have been many incidents. The most important one occurred in April 2007, when the power plant was flooded up to the control room.
