Ethiopia has launched the export of electric power to the Republic of Sudan. The corporation began test export four weeks ago along the Gadarif Galabat electric power transmission line according to Mihret Debebe, Chief Executive of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation.
It is expected that the power transmission line will be inaugurated by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Sudanese President Omar Albashir.
The transmission makes Sudan the second country after Djibouti to import power from Ethiopia.
The Ethio-Sudanese Transmission Line is a part of the East African Power pool that is expected to include power interconnection projects between Ethiopia and Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia-Kenya and Uganda and Ethiopia and Sudan-Egypt.The completion of currently under construction mega hydro electric power dams is expected to provide surplus power for export noted Mihret.
In related news The European Investment Bank has decided to finance the Aisha I wind farm project being constructed by the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation.
A range of different financiers have been in touch with the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation in financing the wind farm projects launched by the corporation according to Mihret Debebe, Chief Executive of the EEPCo.
The corporation was informed by the EIB that it was interested in financing the Aisha I wind farm project and that the investment bank will commence project appraisals in the near future said Mihret.
The China Export Import Bank has also expressed interest in financing the Aisha I and II wind farm projects with appraisals expected soon he added.
Source: The Reporter
