“This year will be a year where the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will start generating power with the two turbines,” he said. According to the minister, the massive hydro power project has reached 76.35% completion. Performance of the project increased by 2.5% to 76.35% in the first quarter owing to efforts made to enable the dam to start generating power with two turbines this Ethiopian fiscal year (2020/21), he said. Meanwhile, the Ethiopian authorities announced that it will be banning all flights over the GERD “for security reasons”. Last week, Ethiopia’s Air Force Commander Brigadier General Yilma Merdasa was quoted as saying that his country is “fully prepared to defend the dam from any attack.”

Source: Ethiopian News October 11, 2020 17:03 UTC