Capanda Hydroelectric Plant

The Capanda Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Kwanza River in Malanje Province, Angola.

Built in 1987–2007 by the Russian company Tekhnopromexport, general designer - the institute Hydroproject The facility generates power by utilizing four turbines and 130 megawatts each, totalling the installed capacity to 520 megawatts . Total cost of US$4 billion. An additional cost of more than US$400 million was spent in repairing the damage caused during UNITA's occupation of the area at the time of the Angolan Civil War in 1992 and 1999.