Cameroon: CWE to build Menchum hydro


Issue 260 - 09 Aug 2013 | 1 minute read

China International Water & Electric Corporation (CWE) has signed a $325m engineering, procurement and construction contract with the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources for the 72MW Menchum hydro scheme. The project, which involves building a concrete main dam on the Menchum River in Cameroon’s Northwest Region, will take an estimated 40 months to build. CWE is also building the Lom Pangar dam on the Sanaga River.

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