# Kamoa-Kakula JV signs MOU with SNEL to upgrade turbine at Inga II hydropower plant

Ivanhoe Mines Energy DRC signed a memorandum of understanding with DRC's state-owned power company SNEL to upgrade Turbine 5 at the Inga II hydropower facility, which will produce 162 MW of renewable hydropower for the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-04-26
- Where: Inga II hydropower facility, Congo River, Congo - Kinshasa
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 162 MW
- Products: hydropower
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Ivanhoe Mines](https://endata.com/companies/32505.md)
- [Voith Hydro](https://endata.com/companies/10534.md) (supplier)
- [La Société Nationale d'Electricité](https://endata.com/companies/54706.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [juniorminingnetwork.com](https://www.juniorminingnetwork.com/junior-miner-news/press-releases/397-tsx/ivn/97805-kamoa-kakula-joint-venture-signs-agreement-with-the-drc-s-state-owned-power-company-to-upgrade-turbine-5-at-the-inga-ii-hydropower-complex.html), 2021-04-26: "Turbine 5 to produce 162 MW of renewable hydropower, providing the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex and associated smelter with sustainable electricity for future expansions."

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