Banieya Dam | |
Location Map: | Guinea |
Coordinates: | 10.0066°N -12.9963°W |
Country: | Guinea |
Location: | Kindia Region |
Purpose: | Power, water supply |
Status: | O |
Owner: | Electricite de Guinee |
Dam Type: | Embankment, earth-fill |
Dam Crosses: | Samou River |
Dam Height: | 30m (100feet) |
Spillway Type: | Chute, controlled |
Res Capacity Total: | 223000000m2 |
Res Surface: | 28km2 |
Plant Commission: | 1988 |
Plant Turbines: | 2 x 2.6MW Kaplan-type |
Plant Capacity: | 5.2MW |
The Banieya Dam is an embankment dam on the Samou River in the Kindia Region of Guinea. It is located 16km (10miles) west of Kindia. The dam was completed by 1969 for the purpose of water supply. A hydroelectric power station of was commissioned at the dam's toe in 1988. The Kale Dam, which also supports a hydroelectric power station, is located downstream.[1] [2]