Source: Xinhua| 2017-08-08 00:38:15|Editor: Mu XuequanVideo Player CloseADDIS ABABA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian government on Monday disclosed that the construction of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has reached 60 percent completion rate. Disclosing the 60 percent completion rate of Ethiopia's landmark energy production project, Debretsion Gebremichael, Ethiopia's Minister of Communication and Information Technology who is also Board Chairman of Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation, said that construction activities are well underway despite the approaching Ethiopia's major rainy season. Gebremichael, who visited the progress of the dam at the construction site, also revealed that preparatory works are underway to commence preliminary electric power generation. Aimed primarily at generating electric power, with an expected capacity of 6,450 megawatt, the Ethiopian government has regarded the construction project as an impetus towards the country's drive to renaissance. The GERD project, owned and financed by the Ethiopian government, is under construction in Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz regional state on the Blue Nile River, located some 40km east of Ethiopia's neighboring country Sudan.

Source: Ethiopian News August 07, 2017 16:41 UTC