Mount Coffee Hydropower Project | |
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Location | White Plains, Montserrado County, Liberia |
Coordinates | 6°30′17″N 10°38′54″W / 6.50472°N 10.64833°W |
Opening date | 1966 |
Operator(s) | Liberia Electricity Corporation |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Saint Paul River |
The Mount Coffee Hydropower Project is a hydroelectric project in the West African nation of Liberia on the Saint Paul River. Built in 1966 with additional phases completed later, the project has a maximum generating capacity of 88 MW.[1] The Walter F. Walker Hydro Dam and generating facilities were extensively damaged during the First Liberian Civil War in 1990 and functioning was not restored until 2018.[2][1]