The power plant is under development by a consortium of renewable energy IPPs and investors, led by Joule Africa Limited.

[2] Bumbuna is located approximately 48 kilometres (30 mi) by road northeast of the city of Magburaka, the district capital.

It will be a "roller compacted concrete (RCC) gravity dam", creating a lake with a surface area measuring 115 square kilometres (44 sq mi).

[5] Bumbuna II, with new generation capacity of 143.4 megawatts, is owned and will be developed, operated and maintained by Seli Hydropower Limited (SHPL).

The 55.4 megawatts generated at Yiben will be transferred to Bumbuna II, thorough a new single-circuit transmission line measuring approximately 34 kilometres (21 mi).