{"id":10006,"date":"2026-01-24T06:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zda.org.zm\/vs\/izic\/?page_id=10006"},"modified":"2026-01-24T06:22:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:22:39","slug":"western-power-company-limited-ngonye-falls-hydroelectric-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zda.org.zm\/izic\/western-power-company-limited-ngonye-falls-hydroelectric-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Power Company Limited (Ngonye Falls Hydroelectric Project)"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10006\" class=\"elementor elementor-10006\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-063d9cd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"063d9cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2033e04 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2033e04\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e1e606 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e1e606\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Details<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-672535e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"672535e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Project Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Western Power Company Limited (Ngonye Falls Hydroelectric Project)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Project Description<\/td>\n<td>The US$600M Ngonye Falls Hydroelectric Project will be Zambia\u2019s largest run-of-river hydro and the country\u2019s largest renewable IPP, generating 180 MW and 830 GWh\/year\u2014over 25\u00d7 Western Province\u2019s current demand, enough for 175,000 households. Construction (3\u20134 years) will begin in 2023, creating 3,000 jobs. Backed by APP, InfraCo Africa, and DBSA, the project is open to FDI through a majority stake in partnership with government, community, and development partners.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Project Location<\/td>\n<td>Zambezi River in the Western Province of Zambia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lead Agency\/Project Promoter<\/td>\n<td>Western Power Company Limited<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Type of investment<\/td>\n<td>FDI, LDI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Model of engagement<\/td>\n<td>Investment into Fund Structure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Project Cost<\/td>\n<td>US $600 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Project Status<\/td>\n<td>Green Field Project \u2013 feasibility study, EIA, GID<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Project Sector<\/td>\n<td>Energy (Production, transmission, and distribution of electricity)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Details Project Title Western Power Company Limited (Ngonye Falls Hydroelectric Project) Project Description The US$600M Ngonye Falls Hydroelectric Project will be Zambia\u2019s largest run-of-river hydro and the country\u2019s largest renewable IPP, generating 180 MW and 830 GWh\/year\u2014over 25\u00d7 Western Province\u2019s current demand, enough for 175,000 households. Construction (3\u20134 years) will begin in 2023, creating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10006","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zda.org.zm\/izic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zda.org.zm\/izic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zda.org.zm\/izic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zda.org.zm\/izic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zda.org.zm\/izic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10006"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zda.org.zm\/izic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10013,"href":"https:\/\/zda.org.zm\/izic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10006\/revisions\/10013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zda.org.zm\/izic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}