Tratos Cavi secured the contract to supply high and low voltage cable for Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam. The cable manufacturer secured the contract estimated to be in the multi millions from contractor Salini.
The dam being constructed on the Nile river is expected to have the capacity to carry 66 billion m3 of water and generate an estimated 15,100 GWh of electricity annually.
The Grand Renaissance Dam is expected to be completed in 2017 featuring two powerhouses on either side of the river housing five and ten turbine units respectively.Ethiopia plans to build two more dams along its share of the Nile to produce 20,000 megawatts of power within the next ten years, as part of a plan to spend 12 billion dollars over 25 years to raise power generating capability.
Feasibility tests have already started for the new dams with support from the government of Norway, Mihret Debebe, CEO of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation, said.
According to Mihret, when the dams go operational, they will generate around 2,100 megawatts of power.
It is to be remembered that the Ministry of Water and Energy revealed plans to commission economic feasibility studies to construct new hydro power plants on the Tekeze and Dedessa rivers, last month.
The Ethiopian ministry is seeking international consulting firms to carry out the feasibility studies.
Source: Energy Business Review
