0 shares ShareTweetPinAddis Ababa, August 12, 2022 (Walta) – Ethiopia has successfully completed the third filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) today. That means Ethiopia has harnessed 270 megawatts of power from the second turbine that goes operational yesterday. The civil work is 95 percent completed while the electromechanical work is 61 percent completed according to Kifle Horo, GERD Project Engineer. The dam height has reached 600 meters above sea level while holding back more than 22 billion cubic meters of water in the dam reservoir. When completed in 2024, the dam will power the African economies with over 6000 megawatts of power.

Source: Ethiopian News August 12, 2022 07:46 UTC