Frankonedou and Kogbedou HPP

The hydroeletric complex of Frankonédou and Kogbédou will be built on the river Milo, approx. 70 km from Kankan in eastern Guinea. The 37 m high Frankonédou dam (upstream) will impound a reservoir of 1'300 hm³, which will regulate the discharge downstream. The powerhouse, located at the dam toe, will exploit a max. gross head of 26 m. it is equipped with 2 Kaplan unit. The Kogbédou scheme, located approx. 30 km downstream of Frankonédou dam, will include a 10 m weir, an headrace channel ending with a concrete forebay, 2x 5.5m diameter penstock, an open air powerhouse equipped with two Francis units. The max. gross head is 29 m. The total installed capacity of the complex is 102 MW with a design discharge of 160 m³/s for Frankonédou and 200 m³/s for Kogbédou. The expected total power generation is 468 GWh/year. Both dams will include a concrete structure in the central part with the intake and outlet works and embankments on the banks.
Country
Guinea
Reference location
Kankan
Final client
TRAMAG SA
Is Consortium
True
Start of works date
1/1/2018
End of works date
12/31/2021
Start of services date
11/1/2019
End of services date
12/31/2021
Services
Civil designs; Electromechanical designs; General planning / management; Owner's support; Construction supervision; Preliminary studies