DR Congo: Fears over Inga output

Société Nationale d’Electricité (Snel) chief executive Eric Mbala Musanda has expressed concern about low water levels in the Congo River, warning that dry season power supply from the Inga dam will be affected unless it rains heavily in the next two months. Mbala told a news conference in Kinshasa in early February that the water level at Inga was unusually low, below 150 metres above sea level. He warned of lower power output during the dry season between June and September because there would not be enough water to allow the turbines to operate.