Rio Muni HEP to raise capacity

Plans are moving ahead for a new hydroelectric plant in Rio Muni, the underdeveloped continental part of Equatorial Guinea for which the government has big urban and industrial development plans. This will bring national capacity to 700MW by 2015, the authorities say – up from 500MW by 2012, when significant new capacity comes on line. Installed capacity is now around only 100MW, of which 40MW is for Malabo and Bioko