(13 February 2012, Water power magazine)--Senior ministers at Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water & Energy (MoWE) are planning to carry out feasibility studies on three additional hydropower plants in the basin of the Abay (Blue Nile) River, whose combined power generation capacity is projected to be larger than the Grand Renaissance Dam.
The cost of the feasibility studies on the technical, environmental, and social impacts of the dams will be covered with a $20.1M grant secured from the government of Norway.
Hydroelectric power plants planned in Mendaia (2000MW), seven kilometres upstream on the Abay River and Dedessa River confluence; Beko Abo (2100MW), located two kilometres upstream of Nekemt Bridge; and Kara Dodi (1600MW), located 70km upstream from the Renaissance Bridge; will collectively produce 300MW more power than the Grand Renaissance Dam’s 5200MW - a capacity the dam will have once construction is completed in the second quarter of 2017.
The Grand Renaissance Dam will be the largest hydropower plant on the continent, with 15 generating units, each producing 350MW of power, a capacity currently generated by Koka and Tekeze dams combined. The Grand Renaissance Dam also symbolises the nation’s determination to build the largest dam ever with its own resources, according to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Read more water powermagazine »
The cost of the feasibility studies on the technical, environmental, and social impacts of the dams will be covered with a $20.1M grant secured from the government of Norway.
Hydroelectric power plants planned in Mendaia (2000MW), seven kilometres upstream on the Abay River and Dedessa River confluence; Beko Abo (2100MW), located two kilometres upstream of Nekemt Bridge; and Kara Dodi (1600MW), located 70km upstream from the Renaissance Bridge; will collectively produce 300MW more power than the Grand Renaissance Dam’s 5200MW - a capacity the dam will have once construction is completed in the second quarter of 2017.
The Grand Renaissance Dam will be the largest hydropower plant on the continent, with 15 generating units, each producing 350MW of power, a capacity currently generated by Koka and Tekeze dams combined. The Grand Renaissance Dam also symbolises the nation’s determination to build the largest dam ever with its own resources, according to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Read more water powermagazine »
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