Kompienga Dam | |
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Country | Burkina Faso |
Location | Kompienga Province |
Purpose | Mutli-purpose |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1985 |
Opening date | 1988 |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Earth fill dam |
Impounds | Ouale River |
Height (foundation) | 50 metres (160 ft) |
Spillways | 2 |
Spillway volumetric flow rate | 110 cubic metres per second (3,900 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Lake Kompienga |
Total capacity | 3 million cubic metres (110×10 6 cu ft) |
Kompienga Hydroelectric Power Station | |
Type | Run-of-the-river |
Turbines | 2 Francis turbines |
Installed capacity | 14 MW |
The Kompienga Dam is a large hydro-electric dam in Kompienga Province in southeastern Burkina Faso. Constructed between 1985 and 1988, it is the country's first hydro-electric dam and is responsible for much of Ouagadougou's electricity supply. [1] Visitors can obtain a permit to visit the control room of the dam from the state electricity parastatal. [2]
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