BBC1 年
River Nile dam: Why Ethiopia can't stop it being filled
No. The reservoir behind the dam will fill naturally during the Blue Nile's rainy season, which has already begun and lasts until September. Given the stage that the construction is at ...
The Washington Post4 年
Africa’s largest dam powers dreams of prosperity in Ethiopia — and fears of hunger in Egypt
“I pray to God that this never happens.” The dam spans the Nile’s mightiest tributary — the Blue Nile, or Abay, as it is known to Ethiopians. More than 90 percent of the water that flows ...
BBC2 年
Ethiopia starts generating power from River Nile dam
A controversial Ethiopian dam on the Blue Nile river began generating electricity for the first time on Sunday, according to state TV. The $4.2bn (£3.8bn) dam, located in the western Benishangul ...
Associated Press4 年
Exclusive interview on Ethiopia’s controversial Nile dam
18, 2020. – AP Photo / Mulugeta Ayene Elias Meseret, AP’s reporter in Addis Ababa, scored an exclusive interview with the Ethiopia’s foreign minister on the controversial dam the country is building ...
来自MSN1 个月
Powering Africa: 6,450-MW Ethiopian dam to harness Nile waters for energy
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), positioned on the Blue Nile, is set to become the largest hydroelectric plant in Africa and one of the top ten worldwide. GERD could make Ethiopia a ...
Hackaday3 年
Solar And Wind Could Help Support Ethiopia’s Grand Dam Project
The project dams the Blue Nile, a river which later flows into neighbouring Sudan, where it merges with the White Nile and then flows on to Egypt. Like all rivers that flow across political ...