[1] Although in 1995 efforts were made to rehabilitate this facility, the delegation of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname that visited the site under the leadership of professor Sieuwnath Naipal in 2003 and 2004 proposed to build a new and larger hydroelectric power plant at the Gran Olo rapids nearby.

On the advice of reports by the university delegation, the Ministry of Regional Development announced the construction of the Gran Olo hydroelectric plant in October 2005, which was to have a designed capacity of 300 kW.

[2] Construction of the plant started in late 2005, but was severely hampered by the flooding that affected major parts of the interior in 2006.

In 2007, a renewed effort was started, although progress was slow due to the remote location of the site and the inexperience of the contractor with building a hydro power plant.

[4] Work on the power line was eventually finished in November 2013, but as the transformer had not yet been delivered, the planned inauguration of the plant on 24 December 2013 had to be pushed back.