Ethiopia sets ready 1,400-km transmission lines for Africa’s largest damThe Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) said Thursday that more than 1,400 km of high-voltage power transmission lines and distribution stations are ready to complement Ethiopia’s under-construction Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD). According to Negash, the 500-kV power transmission line and distribution stations, are built with a financial cost of over 28 billion Ethiopian birr (close to 1.2 billion dollars). Negash further indicated that the capacity to build high-power transmission lines to complement power generation projects is vital for the country which is on its drive towards industrialization. Negash also stressed that the construction of the high-voltage power transmission lines and distribution stations will enable a swift use of the imminent electric power resource that is expected to be obtained from Ethiopian government’s major power generation project. Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam project is under construction in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz regional state on the Blue Nile River, located some 40 km east of Ethiopia’s neighboring country Sudan.

Source: Ethiopian News September 01, 2017 20:03 UTC