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Sudan Hydropower Sequencing and Operations Study (Sherieq, Dal/Low Dal, Kajbar, Dagash, Mugrat, and Sabaloka HPP Project)

BIP_ENTRO_006 Energy Hydro Power Plant

Overview

Summary

The Dal project site is located on the Nile in Sudan some 280 km downstream of Dongola and immediately upstream of Lake Nubia / Lake Nasser. The project comprises of a 30 m high dam with 1400 m long crest and 400 MW installed generation capacity. The dam will create a reservoir of area 300 km2 and 2470 MCM storage volume. It also includes the construction of 240 km 220 KV AC double circuit power transmission line from Dal to Dongola.

Prefeasibility studies were completed in 2007 with grant funding from the African Development Bank under the Easer Nile Power Trade Program.

Description

The Dal project site is located on the Nile in Sudan some 280 km downstream of Dongola and immediately upstream of Lake Nubia / Lake Nasser. The project comprises of a 30 m high dam with 1400 m long crest and 400 MW installed generation capacity. The dam will create a reservoir of area 300 km2 and 2470 MCM storage volume. It also includes the construction of 240 km 220 KV AC double circuit power transmission line from Dal to Dongola.

Prefeasibility studies were completed in 2007 with grant funding from the African Development Bank under the Easer Nile Power Trade Program.


Progress history

  • 2024 Pre-Feasibility planned: Feasibility
  • 2022 Pre-Feasibility planned: Feasibility

Key facts

Programme
Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO)
Status
Active
Countries
Sudan, Sudan, Sudan
Last updated
25 Sep 2026

Financing

USD million
Preparation cost
0.60
Preparation funding gap
0.00
Capital cost (CAPEX)
0.60
CAPEX funding gap
0.00
Operation cost
0.00
Total cost
1.20

Stakeholders

Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office - ENTRO
ENTRO
Nile River Basin Program
NRBIP
Sudan - Government of Sudan
GoSD

Source: African Infrastructure Database (AUDA-NEPAD)