Africa-Press – Angola. The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, works on Saturday, in the province of Cuanza Norte, where he will find out about the evolution of the construction works of the Caculo-Cabaça Hydroelectric Facility.
According to the spokesman for the Presidency of the Republic, Luís Fernando, the Angolan Head of State, in particular, will take part in the operation in which the River Kwanza will be diverted from its bed.
He said that it will be the President of the Republic who will activate the mechanism that will start the diversion of the river’s waters, a moment that will be marked by the unveiling of a plaque.
João Lourenço returns to the country’s capital on the same day.
The Caculo-Cabaça hydroelectric project, launched in 2017, will produce 2,172 Megawatts (MW). It will have five turbines, four of which in the main plant, with a nominal capacity of 530 MW each and one in the ecological plant, with a capacity of 52 MW.
The use will form part of a range of dams built in the middle Kwanza, including those at Cambambe (Cuanza Norte), Capanda and Laúca (Malanje).
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