When was kainji dam commissioned

Kainji powerhouse is equipped with eight turbine-alternator groups including four Kaplan type rated at 80 MW, two turbines also Kaplan type rated at MW and two propeller turbines rated at MW. The available head ranges between Provision was made for a further four turbines in the dam structure but these were never installed. These are all hydroelectric dams and generate a potential combined power output of 1, megawatts. The geotechnical activities carried out included geological mapping, marine geophysical surveys, land and marine drilling and sampling, soil overburden and rock core sampling, test pits for clay core borrow materials, onsite soil laboratory setup and testing, groundwater level and seepage monitoring, vibrocompaction testing of loose river alluvium, data collection and analysis, borehole logs and geologic cross sections for preliminary feasibility studies.

The Kainji Dam has a concrete main dam with rockfill embankments and a saddle dam. The saddle dam protects the main dam during flooding. There are four spillways with hydraulic operated gates of Finally, market forces, and not government forces, should be allowed to determine pricing such that people will be free to choose who supplies them what and where, when such services are needed.

It is clear from the submission above that the dam was delivered when the country had just about half of what it currently parades in the area of population, electricity demands and corresponding industrialization and urbanization, It is also clear that the structure built over forty years ago is in dire need of an upgrade badly needed to take Nigerians out of this stubborn darkness into the league of improved electricity. By Kayode Adeoye. PHOTO: skyscrapercity. In this article Drillbytes Kainji dam Kayode Adeoye.

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