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The latest talks over the mega dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary have broken up without an agreement. Ethiopia’s chief negotiator, Seleshi Bekele, said the ...
Ethiopia and Egypt said the latest round of talks over a huge, highly contentious hydroelectric dam Ethiopia has built on the Nile's main tributary again ended with no deal. Egypt's Ministry of ...
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 ...
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Ethiopia has announced that its latest talks with Egypt over a giant dam on the Blue Nile have achieved a mutual understanding, paving the way for a “breakthrough ...
Once completed, the hydroelectric dam will be the second-largest dam in Ethiopia after the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) generate up to 6,460 Giga watt-hours (GWh) of electricity, while counterbalancing approximately one million tonnes (Mt) of CO 2 annually. [1] [6] It has 201 meters height and 1012 meters length. On 28 September 2023 ...
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.
The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday encouraged Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to resume negotiations on the contentious issue of water availability from the dam that the Ethiopians are building on ...
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 ...