Kajbar Power Station

The Kajbar Power Station is a proposed hydroelectric power plant on the River Nile in northern Sudan. Flooding the third cataract, it will have a power generating capacity of 360 MW, enough to power over 202,000 homes.[1] Among other goals, the dam aims at facilitating heavy industry implantation in the area by its power generation.[2]

Kajbar Dam
CountrySudan
LocationNorthern State
Coordinates19°56′24″N 30°25′51″E
PurposePower
StatusProposed
Construction cost$700 m
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsNile River
Height (thalweg)20 m
Reservoir
Surface area110 km²
Power Station
Turbines6 x 60 MW
Installed capacity360 MW

Kajbar power station is part of a larger hydropower generation programme all along the Nile in Sudan, that also includes the Merowe dam (completed in 2009), Shreiq dam and Dal dam (proposed).[3]

As of 2020, the project is stalled and the expected completion date is unknown.

Opposition

Kajbar hydropower project has encountered a massive opposition from local communities, most of them belonging to the threatened Nubian minority. The reservoir created by Kajbar dam would flood 110 km² of the Nile valley, requiring the relocation of 10,000 people from 10-12 villages, along with the submersion of some 500 archaeological sites.[4][5] As a consequence, several protests against the project have occurred since the 2000s, some of them being violently repressed such as in 2007.[6]

Initially expected for completion by 2016,[3] the project has been stalled due to strong opposition, and no significant progress had been made as of 2020.[7]

References
  1. "1150 MW Merove Hydro Power Plant built in Sudan as per the design by Institute Hydroproject". www.powereng.ru. 2009-07-25. Archived from the original on July 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  2. Heuwel, Sahra (2013-05-23). "Sudan's 360 MW Kajbar hydropower scheme to proceed". ESI-Africa.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  3. Power relations of development : The case of dam construction in the Nubian homeland, Sudan. 2018. p. 183.
  4. "New Chinese dam project fuels ethnic conflict in Sudan | Pambazuka News". www.pambazuka.org. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  5. Heuwel, Sahra (2013-05-23). "Sudan's 360 MW Kajbar hydropower scheme to proceed". ESI-Africa.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  6. "Protests against Kajbar Dam in Sudan met with violence | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre". www.business-humanrights.org. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  7. "International - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
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