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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Feb 14, 2015
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• Category : Haiti News
• Description : 10 February 2015 | By David Rogers
  
  A memorandum of understanding was signed yesterday (pictured) between Chinese contractor Sinohydro and the Haitian government that opens the way to the construction of a $240m hydroelectric power station, which will be largely finance by Chinese money.
• Location : Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti

Overview

• Evans Paul, the prime minister of Haiti, commented on the government’s website: “We have been trying to build this dam for the past 39 years. Now the Artibonite 4C will have a big impact on the regional economy and its productivity.”
  
  The government estimates that the dam will create 7,500 jobs, irrigate 3,500ha of land and boost agricultural production by at least $10m a year.
  
  The Artibonite 4C dam will add 32MW to the country’s installed capacity of about 270MW. It is estimated that the project could provide electricity for as many as a million people in 200,000 households.
  
  Currently the Haitian electricity system, which reaches about 12% of the island’s population, is mostly provided by ageing infrastructure that is inefficient and expensive to maintain.
  
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  (Also see annoucement on the PM's website in French)