None
- Debt capacity
- Tariff for 12% equity
- 6-month payment delay
- Lender terms
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163 MWCapacity
financingStatus
Lufubu Hydropower Cascade
Hydro
ZambiaProject areaLufubu Hydropower Cascade is a 163 MW Hydro project in Zambia. The tracked project status is financing.
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Project identity
Project record| Project | Lufubu Hydropower Cascade · PRJ-1027 |
| Market | Zambia |
| Region | Eastern Africa |
| Power pool | SAPP |
| Technology | Hydro |
| Capacity | 163 MWsource ↗ · Source linked |
| Status | financing |
Finance screen
indicative · 4 credit-support structures tested · S&P CCC+How much debt this project carries, the tariff it needs for a 12% equity return, and whether it survives a six-month offtaker payment delay, under each structure.
LC + IDA
- Debt capacity
- Tariff for 12% equity
- 6-month payment delay
- Lender terms
RLSF
- Debt capacity
- Tariff for 12% equity
- 6-month payment delay
- Lender terms
RLSF + MIGA
- Debt capacity
- Tariff for 12% equity
- 6-month payment delay
- Lender terms
People and emissions
estimate when operating · not people connectedAbout 607 to 714 GWh a year at a 50% capacity factor (AEI technology benchmark).
Enough electricity for about 779,000 to 917,000 people at Zambia's average use of 779 kWh a person (2024).
About 90,000 tonnes of CO2 a year avoided if it displaces average grid generation (126 g/kWh, 2024).
Grid power also serves business and industry, so the people figure is a comparison, not a count of connections. Sources: AEI capacity-factor benchmarks, Ember electricity data (CC-BY-4.0), World Bank population.
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