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Tendaho Dam is an earth-filled dam in the eastern Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is situated on the Awash River, and its reservoir also receives the output of the Mille River. The dam is a project of the Ethiopian Water Works Construction Enterprise (EWWCE). Project planning began in 2005, with construction occurring from 2010 to 2014.
The Alwero Dam, also known as the Abobo Dam, is a reservoir and irrigation system in the Abobo district of Gambela Region, in western Ethiopia.It was built in 1985 with Soviet Union aid, as part of a strategy by the Derg regime led by former Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam to increase resource spending on irrigation following the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. [1]
Only a fraction of this potential has been harnessed so far, 1% at the beginning of the 21st century. In order to become the powerhouse of Africa, Ethiopia is actively exploiting its water resources by building dams, reservoirs, irrigation and diversion canals and hydropower stations. The benefits of the dams are not only limited to hydropower.
Zarima River is a river of Ethiopia and tributary of the Tekezé River. [1] The Wolkayite Irrigation Project is based on a tributary of the Zarima River known as the Dukoko River. [ 2 ]
The Beles Hydroelectric Power Plant, sometimes referred to as Beles II or Tana Beles, is a run-of-the-river [1] hydroelectric power plant in Ethiopia near Lake Tana.The power plant receives water from the lake through the Tana-Beles interbasin transfer and after utilizing it to produce electricity, the water is then discharged into the Beles River.
The initial project sites identified include Lake Nasser/Nubia in Egypt; Jamma, Reb, and Gumara sub-basins, as well as watershed management in Tana-Beles as part of the Tana-Beles Integrated Water Resources Development Project in Ethiopia; and the lower Atbara, Ingessena Mountains and areas around Dinder National Park in Sudan.
The Koka Reservoir (Amharic: ኮካ ሐይቅ; Oromo: Haroo Qooqaa) is a reservoir in south-central Ethiopia. It was created by the construction of the Koka Dam across the Awash River . The reservoir has an area of 180 square kilometres (69 sq mi).
The Melka Wakena Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant of the Wabe Shebelle River in Ethiopia. Located in Oromia, the station has a power generating capacity of 153 megawatts (205,000 hp), enough to power over 100,300 homes. [1] The Melka Wakena Power Station was built in 1988 over an active archeological site.