Victoria Falls is a 108MW hydro power project. It is located on Zambezi river/basin in Southern, Zambia. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1936. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is currently owned by ZESCO with a stake of 100%.
Victoria Falls is a run-of-river project. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, are 10 in number. Victoria Falls underwent through rehabilitation & modernization during April 2003 to March 2005. The project generated 702,000 MWh of electricity.
Development status
The project got commissioned in 1936.
Contractors involved
GE Renewable Energy was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the hydro power project.
Victoria Falls (Victoria Falls A-I) is equipped with GE Renewable Energy francis turbines. The phase consists of 2 turbines with 1MW nameplate capacity.
Victoria Falls (Victoria Falls A-II) is equipped with GE Renewable Energy francis turbines. The phase consists of 2 turbines with 3MW nameplate capacity.
Victoria Falls (Victoria Falls B) is equipped with GE Renewable Energy francis turbines. The phase consists of 10 turbines with 6MW nameplate capacity.
Victoria Falls (Victoria Falls C) is equipped with GE Renewable Energy francis turbines. The phase consists of 4 turbines with 10MW nameplate capacity.
The electric generators for the project were procured from GE Renewable Energy.
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