Nachtigal Dam to finally deliver its first 60MW February 24

Initially planned for December 2023, the release of the first 60 megawatts (MW) from the Nachtigal Dam in Cameroon, a 420 MW energy project under construction in the central region, is now expected on February 24, 2024. This update was provided on January 25, 2024, by the Minister of Water and Energy, Gaston Eloundou Essomba, during a cabinet meeting in Yaoundé. The expected release of the initial megawatts (MW) from the Nachtigal Dam into the South Interconnected Grid (RIS), covering six of Cameroon’s ten regions, aims to ease the current electricity rationing caused by low water levels during the dry…