Fwd: [sudans-john-ashworth] New Ethiopian Dam to Supply Power to Sudan

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Date: 6 Apr 2017 08:48
Subject: [sudans-john-ashworth] New Ethiopian Dam to Supply Power to Sudan
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Africa's Biggest Hydropower Plant to Supply Power to Sudan

by Nizar Manek
5 April 2017, 11:51 GMT+3 5 April 2017, 17:32 GMT+3
Bloomberg

- Transmission line will link Ethiopia dam with Sudanese capital
- Two nations have ‘political agreement’ on boosting supply

Sudan will receive electricity from Ethiopia’s flagship dam via a
transmission line once Africa’s biggest hydropower plant is complete,
the two countries’ leaders said.

The 500 kilovolt line will connect the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
on the Blue Nile River with Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, Ethiopian Prime
Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Tuesday.

Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir, addressing reporters alongside the
premier in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, praised an existing
road and telecommunications networks connecting the neighboring
nations. He also mentioned plans for the countries to develop a “free
economic zone,” without giving further details.

The GERD, scheduled for completion next year, is being built at an
estimated cost of $6.4 billion, financed by government bonds,
according to a June report by Bloomberg Energy Finance. It’s designed
to produce 6,000 megawatts of power, almost triple Ethiopia’s current
generating capacity, and would rank among the world’s 10 biggest
hydropower plants.

Al-Bashir said an agreement to link a railway from Ethiopia to Port
Sudan, which includes a port dedicated to Ethiopia, is “awaiting
funds.” Hailemariam said strategic studies for the line have been
conducted and Ethiopia has already started to use the port for large
consignments such as fertilizer.

A contract to upgrade the electricity supply hasn’t yet been signed
and the cost hasn’t been determined “but there’s political agreement”
between the two nations, according to Ethiopian deputy government
spokesman Zadig Abraha.

The state-owned Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation and its Sudanese
counterpart are working on the technicalities, Zadig, who was
previously director of the dam’s public mobilization office, said by
phone. There will be an international tender for engineering work
after the contract is signed, he said.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-05/africa-s-biggest-hydropower-dam-to-supply-electricity-to-sudan

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