Dam · Angola
How much did the Capanda Dam cost to build?
Capanda Dam is the 110 m high, 1,470 m long hydroelectric dam on the Kwanza River in Malanje Province, Angola, with an installed capacity of 520 MW from four units, begun in January 1987 by Russian and Brazilian firms, repeatedly interrupted by the civil war and brought online in 2004 and 2007. English Wikipedia gives a total cost of 4 billion dollars without a citation, while The Bay and the Rio Times report that Angola approved 492.89 million dollars in August 2026 to rehabilitate it.
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$4 billion
Cost basis: 2007
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