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The HVDC Western Power Corridor (Westcor) is a project to link the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa to supply energy from Inga III (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Cuanza River (Angola) hydroelectric power plants. INGA III will be connected with the Capanda Power Station (Angola) via two 400kV HVAC lines. INGA III will be also connected with Kinshasa via another 400 kV HVAC line. From Angola, two multi-terminal HVDC systems will run to Namibia, Botewana and South Africa.
The total length of the Wetcor will be over 3,000 kilometers and the capacity will be 3,500 MW. The system will consists Kuanza (Angola), Auas (Namibia), Goborone (Botswana), and Omega and Pegasus (South Africa) converter stations. The expected costs of the project are around 5 billion EUR.
An inter-governmental memorandum on the Westcorwas signed on 22 October 2004 in Johannesburg, South Africa, followed by the memorandum signed by the electricity companies. The prefeasibility study was completed in 2005.
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