In 1999, the Garafiri Dam was opened at a cost of $221 million; it can produce 75 megawatts (101,000 hp) of electricity.[1] Construction of a 240-megawatt (320,000 hp) hydroelectric dam on the river near Kaléta [fr] was completed in June 2015 and commissioned on 28 September at a cost of $526 million;[6] the 1,545-metre-long (5,069 ft) dam lies about 120 kilometres (75 mi)[7] or 85 miles (137 km)[6] north of the capital city of Conakry.[7] In 2015, the central government contracted with Chinese firms to begin building a 550-megawatt (740,000 hp) dam (the Souapiti Hydropower Station), near Souapiti, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) further upstream,[7] which would almost double Guinea's power generation output at an estimated cost of $2 billion.[8][9] This would, however, require that 15,000 people move out of what would become a flood plain.[7]