The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) constructed over the Blue Nile River (Abay) will start producing 700 MW of electric power by the next year, according to The Reporter.

The announcement came during a press conference called by the office of the National Council for the coordination of public participation on the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam on Wednesday March 12.

“By next year two of the turbines among the 16 will start to generate 375 MW electric power each”, Zading Abreha, Deputy Director General of the office said.

The GERD project, launched three years ago has now completed 30 percent of the construction of the dam. The project so fas has and consumed 27 billion birr, out of which, 7.1 birr is collected from the public, according to Zading.

Source: The Reporter