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Once completed, the hydroelectric dam will be the second-largest dam in Ethiopia after the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) generate up to 6,460 Giga watt-hours (GWh) of electricity, while counterbalancing approximately one million tonnes (Mt) of CO 2 annually. [1] [6] It has 201 meters height and 1012 meters length. On 28 September 2023 ...
On 15 April 2011, the Council of Ministers renamed it Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. [25] Ethiopia has a potential for about 45 GW of hydropower. [26] The dam is being funded by government bonds and private donations. It was slated for completion in July 2017. [19] The potential impacts of the dam have been the source of severe regional ...
The Gebba River Dam is to be constructed near the border of Jimma and Illubabur zones of Oromia State. [3] The project agreement was signed on Monday September 8, 2014 as a joint venture between the Ethiopian Government, through the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo), and the Chinese firms SINOHYDRO Corporation Limited and Gezhouba Group Company Limited (CGGC). [4]
The latest talks over the mega dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary have broken up without an agreement. Ethiopia’s chief negotiator, Seleshi Bekele, said the ...
Ethiopia and Egypt said the latest round of talks over a huge, highly contentious hydroelectric dam Ethiopia has built on the Nile's main tributary again ended with no deal. Egypt's Ministry of ...
Ethiopia’s auditor-general, Gemechu Dubiso, said the transfers from Ethiopian Electric Power Corp are being investigated.Metec, which had played a crucial role in projects to develop Africa’s ...
There has been no estimate of the overall number of people that would have to be resettled to make room for dams and reservoirs in Ethiopia. Since most dams are to be built in narrow valleys, the areas to be inundated are not as large as, for example, in the case of Lake Nasser in Egypt. Lake Nasser covers an area of more than 5,000 km2 and ...
Sudan is a third party to the talks about the $4.6 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Ethiopia’s stretch of the Blue Nile, which is located just 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the Sudanese ...