China-financed US$212 million Luachimo Hydroelectric Dam in Angola readies for start-up Project will increase the energy capacity provided from 8.4 to 34 megawatts, benefiting thousands of residents. The Luachimo Hydroelectric Dam, a US$212 million project financed by China in Angola’s Lunda Norte province, is set to come into full operation shortly. According to Joaquim Costa, the director of the project for the rehabilitation and expansion of the infrastructure, the acceptance tests of the equipment for the preparation of the start-up of the first two turbines have already begun. The first two turbines, with the capacity to produce 17 megawatts of...