Société nationale d'électricité (SNEL)
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Société nationale d'électricité (SNEL) is the national electricity
company of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
. Its head office building is located in the district of La Gombe
in the capital city, Kinshasa
. SNEL operates the Inga Dam
facility on the Congo River
, and also operates thermal power plants.
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
company of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
. Its head office building is located in the district of La Gombe
La Gombe (Kinshasa)
Gombe is a municipality in the Lukunga district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.It is also known as La Gombe and was formerly known as Kalina...
in the capital city, Kinshasa
Kinshasa
Kinshasa is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located on the Congo River....
. SNEL operates the Inga Dam
Inga Dam
The Inga Dams, located in western Democratic Republic of the Congo 140 miles southwest of Kinshasa, are hydroelectric dams on the largest waterfalls in the world, Inga Falls. Here the Congo River drops 96 metres and has an average flow of 42,476 m³/s....
facility on the Congo River
Congo River
The Congo River is a river in Africa, and is the deepest river in the world, with measured depths in excess of . It is the second largest river in the world by volume of water discharged, though it has only one-fifth the volume of the world's largest river, the Amazon...
, and also operates thermal power plants.