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

https://en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br/maior-que-a-barragem-tres-gargantas-da-china-o-gigantesco-megaprojeto-africano-de-us-80-bilhoes-que-pode-revolucionar-a-energia-e-transformar-um-continente-inteiro/

24•prmph•6mo ago

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whycome•6mo ago

I tried to read, but that has to be the most user hostile site I’ve ever encountered. Ads and taking me unexpectedly to try to download apps. Wtf

prmph•6mo ago

Sorry, you could use reader view mode, or try this similar (older) story:

https://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/28/business/biggest-hydropow...

tomhow•6mo ago

Since you also posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44640233, which includes discussion of the Grand Inga Dam but also the broader issue of big dams, and because we need to avoid repetition/overlap in front-page stories, I'll bury this submission and leave the other one up.

prmph•6mo ago

Alright

shawnlower2•6mo ago

It's honestly impressive.

https://imgur.com/a/mBoCqt7

The article can be seen on the bottom left...

astar1•6mo ago

>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...

TylerE•6mo ago

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

Sayrus•6mo ago

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

ethan_smith•6mo ago

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.

andsoitis•6mo ago

Story by BBC in January: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62jmq0z89jo

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