A solar minigrid in a Goma neighborhood where almost everyone lacked access to electricity just five years ago is offering a ...

A long-delayed plan to build a hydropower plant on the Ruzizi River between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo received a boost amid US-backed peace talks between the two countries.

The $760m facility will help 'drive regional integration, strengthen energy security and stability, and pave the way for ...

The Inga site on the Congo River, the world’s third-biggest by volume, has the potential to ultimately generate about 40,000 megawatts of electricity.

World Bank Commits $1 Billion to Revive Key Congo Hydro Plan The World Bank said it is committing $1 billion to help the Democratic Republic of Congo prepare for the development of the next stage of ...

The Inga hydropower site is located on the Congo River between Kinshasa and the Atlantic Ocean. The site is characterized by particularly high average river flows (the second largest in the world ...

The greenhouse gas fluxes of Congo’s tropical forests were also analysed for the first time only in 2022. The darkest blackwater river on Earth (the Ruki river) was only reported in 2023.

Analysis - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo passed a law in January 2025 to lead efforts to establish the largest tropical forest reserve in the world. It will be set up as a 2 ...

Africa’s second-longest river is by some distance its deepest, with a depth of up to 220 metres. The Congo River runs through the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the ...

Located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it would have twice the power generation of China's Three Gorges and, therefore, be the world's largest hydroelectric plant.

Even President Kennedy, who last week ordered the U.S. to begin shipping 2½-ton trucks, armored cars and transport planes to the U.N. Congo force, was reported to be alarmed at the disorder that ...

The country is home to the Grand Inga hydropower site on the Congo River between Kinshasa and the Atlantic Ocean. The first hydropower plant, Inga 1, was built in 1978 with an installed capacity ...