It has been announced that the third round of water filling of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been completed and water has started to flow on top of the dam. Following the completion of the 3rd round of water filling of the dam, senior government officials including Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonen were present at the site.
It is recalled that the first and second water filling of the dam took place in the last two winters. The completion of the 3rd round of water filling of the dam was announced yesterday, August 5/2014. It is after the announcement that the second power generation turbine has started working.
The dam’s 2nd turbine, Unit 9, which started generating power yesterday, is said to have the capacity to generate 270 megawatts of electricity. August 2022 The commissioned unit 10 turbine with a capacity of 270 megawatts. According to this, the two turbines have a total capacity of generating 540 megawatts of electricity.
The dam’s construction manager, Engineer Kefle Horo, said that 95 percent of the construction of the dam’s civil works has been completed. They stated that construction and installation of electromechanical works increased to 61 percent and water transmission metal works reached 73 percent.
The general manager said that the total construction work of the dam has reached 83.3 percent in his speech at a ceremony held to start the power generation of the dam’s second power generation turbine.
When the construction is completed, the Renaissance Dam is expected to be the largest electricity-generating dam in Africa, with a height of 145 meters. Its length is 1.8 kilometers.
The Great Renaissance Dam, which is said to generate more than five thousand megawatts of electricity at a cost of more than five billion dollars, is expected to supply electricity to neighboring countries beyond Ethiopia.
The foundation stone of the construction was laid on April 2, 2003. The Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is being built in Guba District, Benishangul Gumuz Region, where Ethiopia borders Sudan to the west.
