Kinshasa, May 26th, 2025 ( CPA) – The National Electricity Company (Snel) is working to restore and modernise vital energy infrastructure in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), particularly at the hydroelectric power stations in Tshopo (north-east of the country), Inga II (south-west) and Mbuji-Mayi (centre), according to a press release issued by the company and consulted by CPA on Monday.
‘From the equatorial forest of Tshopo to the colossal facilities of Inga, via the diamond plains of Mbuji-Mayi, teams are working to restore and modernise the country’s vital energy infrastructure, with a series of large-scale technical interventions being carried out by the national electricity company (Snel),‘ it is read. According to the source, at the Tshopo hydroelectric power station, technicians have been reassembling the G1 unit, which is progressing at a steady pace. In line with the company’s schedule, this strategic unit will be back in operation in August.
Meanwhile, at Inga II, located in the province of Kongo Central in the south-west of the country, a symbol of the Congo River’s hydroelectric potential, the source added, a high-precision operation is under way. ‘The German giant Voith Hydro, prime contractor for the G25 rehabilitation project, successfully handled, moved and installed the alternator rotor in its shaft’. The source reports that in Mbuji-Mayi, the main city of Kasai Oriental province in the centre of the country, ‘the G1 unit at the thermal power station has just received a new communication module, installed by the DPR/AC technical team’. Start-up and load tests are under way, with the aim of guaranteeing a stable power supply in a town that has long suffered from chronic load shedding. These combined efforts, as it is indicated by the source, are supported by increased local expertise and international technical partnerships, and are gradually redrawing the energy map of DRC.