The latest announcement about the maiden power generation milestone from Ethiopia’s mega-dam on the Blue Nile river on Sunday came as a historic moment for Michael Alemu. “Today, Africa’s largest power plant, the GERD’s first turbine began generating power,” Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in his message to the public upon the announcement. As Ethiopia marks the birth of a new era, I congratulate all Ethiopians.”Ethiopia’s state-television reported that one of the 13 turbines of Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam commenced power generation, with power generating capacity of 375 megawatts of electricity. The dam’s maiden electric energy generation benchmark saw Ethiopians, both at home and across the globe, flooding social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and TikTok, among others, to mark the historic moment. We want to export our pollution-free power to Europe through Sudan and Egypt, ” Ahmed said during a ceremony held to mark the maiden electric energy generation of the dam.

Source: Ethiopian News February 22, 2022 22:06 UTC