Democratic Republic of Congo

The DRC has the largest hydropower potential in Africa and one of the largest worldwide, with a technically feasible potential of some 100,000 MW. Only about 2.5% of this potential has been developed so far.

Bunia Hydro Project

• Fully operational plant
• Southern Energy is both a developer and manager of the project including transmission and distribution
• Revenue collection via prepaid meter network
• Phase 1 underway and includes complete rehabilitation of the generation and distribution network to 5MW capacity
• Phase 2 will commence early 2022 and will increase capacity to 16MW

DRC Pipeline Hydro Projects

• Projects of interest include 5 existing and operational sites between 5MW and 20MW
• Feasibility studies underway
• Two projects to commence by Q4 2021

DRC Solar/Hybrid Projects

• Southern Energy carrying out a feasibility study on an existing 2.5 MW solar hybrid plant
• An additional 5MW solar site has been identified
• MOU with the local authorities signed. DD underway