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Félou Weir

Félou Weir Félou Weir - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Félou Hydroelectric Plant (French: Centrale hydroélectrique de Félou) is a hydroelectric installation at the Félou Falls on the Sénégal River in Mali. It has three water turbines capable of generating 62.3 MW. The current power station replaced an older one built in the 1920s. Construction of the new power station began in October 2009 and was financed by the World Bank. It is the third Senegal River Basin Development Authority project on the river and was completed in 2014. The existing weir was refurbished with the previous height maintained. In 1927, the previous hydroelectric power station was commissioned. It was refurbished in 1992 and had an installed capacity of 600 kW. Read more on Wikipedia

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