Ethiopia’s hydroelectric project begins power generation

Posted on : Wednesday, 14th October 2015

Ethiopia’s Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric power project began power generation, APA can report on Monday.The Dam, highest Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) dam in Africa, will have a total installed capacity of 1,870mw.

This will increase Ethiopia’s power generation capacity by 234 percent, according to Alemayehu Tegenu, Cabinet Affairs Minister, and former Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy.

The power will provide an important contribution to Ethiopia’s socio-economic development by feeding the country’s grid as well as facilitating more power to the country’s power-export program and assisting regional integration among neighboring countries through the interconnected power links,