Month: March 2014

For the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, due for completion in 2017, is set to change both the geo and hydro politics of the Blue Nile River. With the Nile being…

More recently, Ethiopia’s $4.8 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile, which began construction in 2011, will likely cost $10 billion before its…

Part of that investment includes the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa when completed, delivering…

that is why Ethiopia is building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam,” Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dina Mufti told reporters in late February.

Since the government began construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011, with the aim of generating 6,000 MW of electricity, the…