Proposed Grand Inga Dam

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Grand Inga would generate 39,000 MW - very significant to boost the energy needs of the African continent at a cost of $80 billion. Connecting Inga to a continent-wide electricity grid for main population centres would cost $10 billion more (est. 2000). This would be the world's largest hydroelectric project. Critics contend the huge amounts of money required for the project would be better spent with smaller scale, localized energy projects that would target meeting the needs of Africa's poor majority. Moreover, there is preoccupation about the enormous environmental impact caused by the new dam.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inga_Dam
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