Grand Katsina Ala hydroelectric plant

Why it matters

• The 9th-largest hydropower plant in Nigeria by capacity (of 23 operating, under-construction and planned hydropower facilities tracked).
• If completed, it would add 460 MW to Nigeria's hydropower fleet — equivalent to 16% of today's operating hydropower capacity.
• Hydropower provides renewable electricity and, where reservoirs exist, dispatchable output and storage that help stabilise the grid; output varies with rainfall and river flows.