Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) installed capacity has been increase by 450 megawatts following improvements made on the design. This increase the dam’s total installed capacity to 6450 megawatts.
The Abay Dam is nearing completion, with significant progress on both electricity generation and the overall project.
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Ethiopia’s largest dam upon completion, has reached a height of 75 meters. It now has a total height of 145 meters and it is more than halfway completed.
Intensive work is being done to complete the dam as per the schedule, Engineer Simegnew Bekele, Project Manager of the dam, said.
The Minisrty of Water, Irrigation and Energy (MoWIE) of Ethiopia has commissioned a study on off-grid power investment allowing private sector involvement in the production and sale of electricity, Fortune reported.
The power transmission line project that has a capacity of carrying 400 Kilovolt, Gibe II-Wollayta Sodo, is only three months away before completion.
