systems and reduces overall costs. Three international consortia are bidding for the contract to build the dam, known as Inga III, and to sell the power it generates, estimated at 4,800 MW. This is nearly three times the power produced from Inga's two existing dams, which are decades old and have been crippled by neglect because of government debt and risk-averse investors. The World Bank said, under the current plan, South Africa would buy 2,500 MW from Inga III, and another 1,300 MW would be sold to Congo's power-starved mining industry. The remaining 1000 megawatts would go to the national utility SNEL, helping provide power to an estimated 7 million people around Kinshasa, Congo's capital, and covering all the projected unmet electricity needs there by 2025. See also List of largest power stations in the world List of run-of-the-river hydroelectric power stations References External links Inga 3 hydroelectric scheme is a looming disaster As of 2 March 2022. World declaration : Dams and Hydropower for African Sustainable Development Democratic Republic of Congo/Energy Sector – Bank Information Center International Rivers' Inga Page World Rainforest Movement Barrage Grand Inga Grand Inga Dam, DR Congo Hydroelectricity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Dams in the Democratic Republic of the Congo