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T. J. Hammons and P. Naidoo, “Africa: Integrated Gas and Electricity Transmission Planning in Power Generation and HVDC Engineering in Harnessing Large-Scale Hy-droelectric Sites for Interconnected Regional Power Sys-tems,” Journal Energy Systems, Springer, Berlin & Hei-delberg, ISSN 1868-3967, Vol. 1, No. 1, February 2010, pp. 79-112.

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• TITLE: Run of River Bulk Hydroelectric Generation from the Congo River without a Conventional Dam

  AUTHORS: Thomas J. Hammons, Pathmanathan Naidoo, Lawrence Musaba

  KEYWORDS: Hydroelectric Power Generation, River Engineering, Environmental Iimpact, Hydropower Development in DRC

  JOURNAL NAME: Natural Resources, Vol.2 No.1, March 4, 2011

  ABSTRACT: The paper discusses harvesting the Congo River for bulk hydroelectric generation based on run of river, low head generation technology, as employed at the existing Inga 2 power station in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The evolutionary approach builds on existing infrastructure.The results show that the footprint is much smaller than that which employs a conventional dam. The environmental impact is minimized. These collectively will contribute to lower capital costs. In summary, 10,000 cm³/sec of constant river flow will produce 5,000 MW of base power. On average, the constant recorded flow of the river is 30,000 cm³/sec and a total of 15,000 MW of base power generation is possible.