Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station | |
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Country | Zambia |
Location | Kafue Gorge, Chikankata District |
Coordinates | 15°48′25″S 28°25′16″E / 15.80694°S 28.42111°E |
Purpose | Power |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 1973 |
Owner(s) | Government of Zambia |
Operator(s) | ZESCO |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Kafue River |
Turbines | 6 x 150 MW |
Installed capacity | 900 megawatts (1,200,000 hp) |
The Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station (KGU), is an operational 900 megawatts (1,206,920 hp) hydroelectric power plant across the Kafue River in Zambia.[1]