DR Congo: China and Spain in battle to develop DRC’s Inga III as project moves closer to reality

The momentum building behind the Grand Inga development, to eventually generate at least 44GW from the Congo River, will benefit Chinese and/or Spanish contractors if the mega-project’s first phase takes off as its supporters – led by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Bank Group (WBG) – believe is now possible. The developer of Grand Inga’s first phase, Inga III Basse Chute (BC – Lower Falls) will be selected in March 2015, water resources and electricity minister Bruno Kapandji Kalala told a 24 October briefing at Democratic Republic of Congo’s Brussels embassy.