Bui Dam Hydroelectric Project

400MW hydroelectric dam on the Black Volta River. West Africa's largest hydroelectric project at completion.

Funding source

$790M

Start date

Aug 2007

Implementer

Sinohydro Corporation

Capacity

400 MW

Funding Sources

China Exim Bank ($713.5M)Government of Ghana ($76.5M)

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John KufuorNPP

25%

Contract signed, construction began

Aug 2007 → Jan 2009

John Atta MillsNDC

75%

Major construction phase

Jan 2009 → Jul 2012

John MahamaNDC

100%

Commissioned

Jul 2012 → Dec 2013

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