How would the dam benefit Ethiopia?

Cooperation around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has tremendous potential to bring renewable energy to millions of people, helping to lift them out of poverty and improve the overall stability of the region.

Why is the Renaissance dam important to Ethiopia?

The dam is in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia, about 45 km (28 mi) east of the border with Sudan. The primary purpose of the dam is electricity production to relieve Ethiopia’s acute energy shortage and for electricity export to neighboring countries.

How much energy will the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam produce?

The hydropower project is expected to generate 15,128GWh of power a year when operational, increasing the current electricity generation capacity of Ethiopia by four times. The project reached 73% completion in July 2020.

How efficient is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?

33%
The dam will be 145 meters high, with a reservoir size of between 62-65 billion cubic meters. This equates into 33% efficiency (15,128 GWh x 100%/ (5.250 GW X 365 days x 24 hrs).

Which dam is biggest in Africa?

On completion the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be the largest dam in Africa: 1,800m long, 155m high and with a total volume of 74,000 million m³. The dam has a 15000 cubic metre per second spillway and a rockfill saddle dam 5km long and 50 metres high.

What are the 5 biggest dams in Africa?

Africa’s biggest dams

• Grand Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia.
• Grand Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia.
• The Aswan High Dam, Egypt.
• The Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique.
• Gibe III in Ethiopia.
• The Inga dams in DR Congo.
• The Inga dams in DR Congo (continued)
• The Akosombo Dam in Ghana.

Is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam a good idea?

This article quantifies the major benefits of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project for Sudan and Egypt based on GERDP technical design and quantitative analysis. Before discussing the benefits, the article will brief the general technical overview of the GERDP.

How many mega watts will the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam generate?

When it is completed it will generate 6000 mega watts of electricity. Now and then, we see biased articles regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam. It is difficult, if not impossible, and time-wasting to respond to each instances of ignorance and misinformation.

How big is the Nile Dam in Ethiopia?

As a hydroelectric project, the dam is expected to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity. It will also give Ethiopia more control over the Nile by creating a 74 billion cubic meter reservoir.

Is the Blue Nile Dam a riparian project?

The issues of GERDP has gained Ethiopian, Egyptian, Sudanese and other African countries as well global experts attention at different degree of de pth. For riparian countries in past, present and future. Zeray Yihdego [2] has published in Global water for um about the controversy of Blue Nile in the eyes of international law.