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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 ...
It is not known exactly to what extent dams in Ethiopia would reduce the flow of water to Sudan and Ethiopia. Assuming an evaporation rate of 1 meter per year, an irrigated area of 200,000 hectares and a combined reservoir area of 1,000 km2, the flow of the Nile could be reduced by 3 billion cubic meters per year, equivalent to about 5 percent ...
The Koka dam consists of concrete with a length of 458 metres (1,503 ft) and a maximum height of 47 metres (154 ft). The head utilized is 32 to 42 metres (105 to 138 ft).
The latest talks over the mega dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary have broken up without an agreement. ... Egypt’s water ministry blamed Ethiopia for the failure ...
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam could also lead to a permanent lowering of the water level in Lake Nasser if floods are stored instead in Ethiopia. This would reduce the current evaporation of more than 10 cubic kilometres per year, and a 3 m reduction of the water level would also reduce the Aswan High Dam's hydropower generating capacity ...
After years of failed talks, Ethiopia and Egypt said Thursday they aim to finalize within four months an agreement on the operations of Africa’s largest dam, an apparent breakthrough in a ...
The dam was Ethiopia's largest public works project. [2] The dam helped to reduce power shortages as Ethiopia's power demand increases. At the time of its completion, the 188 metres (617 ft) Tekezé Dam was Africa's largest double-curvature arch dam. [3] The resulting reservoir is 105 km 2 large and it has a capacity of 9.3 billion m 3 of water ...