The Brazilian leader said the hydro was designed by the Brazilian Army specialists.
He also said the energy to be produced by his facility would help the reactivation of the country's industrial sector.
He announced that he will meet with President René Préval to report on it and listen to the needs of the Haitians after the devastating earthquake of January.
Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, announced Monday the will for construction of a hydroelectric plant in Haiti, to relieve the severe energy problems the Caribbean country is going through since the earthquake measuring 7.3 last January 12.
"We [Latin America] are willing to do whatever is needed to rebuild Haiti along with other European countries, subject to the coordination of United Nations," Lula said on his radio show on Mondays, Coffee with the President.
Lula, who will travel to Port-au-Prince Thursday, said the hydro-power project is already designed by the Brazilian Army and said that this plant will ensure the energy necessary to install industry in the country.
He said the reservoir will also serve to irrigate crops what will help Haitian agriculture.
"I will see with our Armed Forces, which coordinate the Stabilization Mission of the Organization of United Nations (UN) in Haiti (MINUSTAH), that it becomes a priority, because Haiti is needing the world solidarity, and now the world should do what didn't in the past", he said.
Lula said his trip will be in solidarity with the Haitian people and to tell the government of this country that Brazil will continue to be supportive.
He recalled the approval of a grant of about $ 200 million to to help rebuild this nation.
"That amount is in addition to the $ 15 million that we decided to put through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the recovery plan for Haiti," Lula added.
Speaking at the First Summit Mexico-CARICOM (Caribbean Community Countries), Préval said the rising death toll, established around 217 thousand, could rise to 300 thousand when they finish the tasks of lifting the debris.
He also recalled that thousands of people remain without shelter and without jobs thus they need international help, not only to rebuild their homes, but to rehabilitate an economy that has also been devastated and urges now for jobs generation.
Préval said that at present the most pressing is the attention to the displaced before the impending rainy season and noted that in the future centralization should be avoided .
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OtherSreams note: Brazil has more than 60% of its energetic matrix coming from hydro-powered energy, being one of the most specialized countries within the sector and having much of the biggest world plants totally built on own-developed technologies.
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