Muchinga hydropower ( Zambia ) | Studio Pietrangeli

Kabwe - Zambia

Muchinga Power Company Ltd

2010 - 2012

Hydroelectric plant (IP = 255 MW) on the Lunsemfwa river downstream of the Mita Hill dam and of the Lunsemfwa hydroelectric plant

Headrace channel ( L = 9 km, Qmax = 40 m³/s )
Headrace tunnel ( No. 2, Total L = 17 km, D = 5 m )
Mkushi dam (Arc type, H = 120 m, Lcrest= 350 m )
Surge shaft ( H = 60 m, D = 12 m )
Penstocks ( No. 3, D = 2.2 m, L = 1’000 m )
Surface Power House ( No. 3 Pelton turbines, IP = 3 x 85 MW )

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