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The dam was originally called "Project X", and after its contract was announced it was called the Millennium Dam. [24] On 15 April 2011, the Council of Ministers renamed it Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. [25] Ethiopia has a potential for about 45 GW of hydropower. [26] The dam is being funded by government bonds and private donations. It was ...
The Gibe II dam has been affected by such problems even after its completion, when a tunnel collapsed and put the hydropower plant out of service for several months. The grand Ethiopian renaissance dam was delayed as well, because of upgrading the power from 5250 watt to 6000 watt, budget problems and dispute with government of Egypt.
Simegnew Bekele Aynalem (Amharic: ስመኘው በቀለ አይናለም; 13 September 1964 – 26 July 2018) was an Ethiopian civil engineer who served as chief project manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project as well as three other similar dam projects in Ethiopia. [2] He was considered the "public face" of the dam project. [3] [4]
Benishangul-Gumuz is also home to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which has caused tensions with neighboring Sudan and Egypt because of the dam's effect on the Nile river downstream. Sudan recently laid claim to Guba district in the Metekel zone closest to Sudan where the GERD lies, citing the belief that Guba was gifted to Emperor ...
G. Gilgel Gibe III Dam. Gidabo dam. Gilgel Gibe I Dam. Gilgel Gibe II Power Station. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Oahe Dam [2] United States: 1963 70.3 75 29 786 TE/ER 6 Mangla Dam Pakistan: 1967 65.4 147 7.25 1,000 TE or TE/ER 7 Gardiner Dam [6] Canada: 1967 65.4 64 9.4 186 TE 8 Oroville Dam United States: 1968 59.6 230 4.36 819 TE/ER 9 San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam) United States: 1967 59.6 93 2.52 424 TE 10 Nurek Dam Tajikistan: 1980 54 300 10.5 3,200 TE 11 ...
Construction of the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) began in 2011 and Ethiopia sees the project as crucial to powering its economic development.
The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China, has the world's largest instantaneous generating capacity (22,500 MW), with Baihetan Dam from the same nation in second place with a capacity of (16,000 MW). The Itaipu Dam in Paraguay / Brazil is the third largest with (14,000 MW). Despite the large difference in installed capacity between Three Gorges Dam ...