Lom Pangar Dam
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| country = Cameroon
| location = Bertoua
| purpose = Power, river regulation
| status = UC
| construction_began = 2012
| opening = 2017
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| cost = US$195.69 million
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| dam_type = Embankment, center section gravity dam
| dam_crosses = Lom River
| dam_length = {{Convert|1278|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=Lom Pangar Hydropower Project|url=http://english.cwe.cn/show.aspx?id=1940&cid=75|publisher=China International Water and Electric Corporation|accessdate=18 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630133118/http://english.cwe.cn/show.aspx?id=1940&cid=75|archive-date=30 June 2018|url-status=dead}}
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The Lom Pangar Dam is an embankment dam with a center gravity dam section currently under construction on the Lom River about {{Convert|88|km}} north of Bertoua in the East Region of Cameroon. It is located about {{Convert|4|km}} downstream of the Lom River's confluence with the Pangar River and about {{Convert|13|km}} upstream of where the Lom joins the Sanaga River. The dam's purpose is to produce hydroelectric power and regulate water flows along the Sanaga River. It is potentially part of a larger dam cascade on the Sanaga.{{cite web|title=PROJECT Lom Pangar Hydropower Project |url=http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/0,,contentMDK:23354755~pagePK:146736~piPK:226340~theSitePK:258644,00.html |publisher=World Bank |accessdate=18 February 2014}}
Funding and development
The African Development Bank issued a US$71.1 million loan for the project in November 2011.{{cite news|title=Work begins on Cameroon's 30-MW Lom Pangar|url=http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2012/08/work-begins-on-cameroons-30-mw-lom-pangar.html|accessdate=18 February 2014 |newspaper=HydroWorld|date=15 August 2012}} The World Bank also approved a US$132 million loan in March 2012, and the President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, laid the foundation stone for the dam on 3 August 2012.{{cite news |title=World Bank Approves Cameroon's Lom Pangar Dam Project to Boost Economic Growth and Provide More Reliable Power for Up to Five Million People |url=http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23153690~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html |accessdate=18 February 2014 |newspaper=World Bank|date=27 March 2012}} The European Investment Bank approved a US$39 million loan in October of the same year.{{cite web |title=EIB to fund Cameroon's Lom Pangar hydro project |url=http://www.esi-africa.com/eib-to-fund-cameroon-s-lom-pangar-hydro-project/ |publisher=ESI-Africa|accessdate=18 February 2014|date=4 October 2012}} China International Water & Electric Corporation is constructing the dam and power plant. A coffer dam to divert the river around the dam foundation was completed in July 2013.{{cite news |title=Successful Water Bypass at Lom Pangar Dam |url=http://www.businessincameroon.com/infrastructures/2407-4197-successful-water-bypass-at-lom-pangar-dam |accessdate=18 February 2014|newspaper=Business in Cameroon|date=24 July 2013}} The project was completed in 2017.{{cite web |title=Lom-Pangar Hydroelectric Project |url=http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Project-and-Operations/Cameroon%20-%20AR%20-%20Lom-Pangar%20Hydroelectric%20Project%20(Final).pdf |work=African Development Fund |publisher=World Bank|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
See also
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