A ceremony was held on Dec 3 to announce completion of the Gouina Hydropower Station in Mali.
A bird's-eye view of the Gouina Hydropower Station in Mali [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Located over the Senegal River in the Republic of Mali, the project was designed by Northwest Engineering Corporation Limited and built by Sinohydro Corporation Engineering Bureau 15 Co., Ltd and Sinohydro Bureau 16 Co., Ltd., all subsidiaries of Power Construction Corporation of China.
Construction of the project provided more than 1,000 jobs for local people. About 81 percent of the workers at the project were drawn from local.
Completion of the station is a result of infrastructure cooperation between China and Africa and the two countries' co-construction of the Belt and Road.
Once operational, the station is expected to generate about 621 million kilowatt-hours of power. It will form a cascade reservoir and stations with Manantali and Felou hydropower stations, contributing to a continuous and stable power grid covering a large region. The grid will overcome power shortages in Mali and boost local industrial and social and economic development.
Besides Mali, the grid will send power to Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa, which will improve local people's quality of life.
(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)
