Westcor has failed, but DRC still dreams of Grand Inga and privatisation


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Issue 166 - 04 Jul 2009 | 7 minute read

After years of talk, the five governments supporting the Western Corridor (Westcor) project – Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, and South Africa – have decided to shelve the scheme to provide electricity from the planned 3,500MW Inga III to the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP).

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