Off the Beaten Path in Kainantu
Tips and photos of unusual, out-of-the-way Kainantu attractions, posted by real travelers and locals.
Local Time 12:47 am Friday, August 29, 2008
Kainantu Map
Kainantu Map
on August 26, 2005
The three 15,000 kW units here (with their grey transformers sitting above the building) were enough to supply this whole area of PNG, by means of a 66,000 volt transmission system. One line went west to supply Kundiawa, Goroka and Mt. Hagen, another went east to supply Kainantu and Lae while the final line went north to Madang. For cases of trouble, smaller diesel generating stations were also operating at Lae, Madang and Mt. Hagen. Since I left the country, another dam has been built upstream and another two 15,000 kW generators added to the Ramu complex.
I visited Ramu several times to sort out various problems, including solving one that had been periodically blacking out this whole power system ever since the dam went into service. There were also trips to the outlying towns to deal with transmission-related problems, so there was never any shortage of work!
