Zambia: Pöyry to carry out Kafue Gorge Lower environmental study


Issue 363 - 15 Feb 2018 | 1 minute read

Finnish consulting and engineering company Pöyry plc announced on 23 January that it has been appointed by national utility Zesco to carry out further environmental and social studies for the long-delayed 750MW Kafue Gorge Lower hydropower project, which is located 60km south of Lusaka on the Kafue River.Construction of the plant is under way, with President Edgar Lungu attending a ceremony marking the diversion of the river in October last year.

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