And it would take four to seven years to fill the dam with water. When it is extremely dry conditions, we pass the water instead of storing it.”Expected to come in eventually at just under $5-billion, the dam is the largest project ever undertaken in Ethiopia. The dam has been long mooted, the site first identified by the US government in the late 1950s. The same with wind.”With construction having started in 2011, Ethiopia is pressing ahead hard to make up for past project delays. When complete, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa and the seventh-largest in the world.

Source: Ethiopian News January 14, 2020 02:37 UTC