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Southern Africa: Why Wind and Solar Would Offer the DRC and South Africa Better Energy Deals Than Inga 3
[The Conversation Africa] Seven years ago the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) proposed the Inga 3 – a 4.8GW hydropower project on the Congo River – with great fanfare. Third in a series of dams that would form the Grand Inga complex on the Congo river, the project was touted as a solution to southern Africa’s energy deficit woes and a way for the DRC to participate in regional economic development.