Picture: MoFAAddis Abeba, – The construction of the Great Renaissance Ethiopian Dam (GERD) is progressing well and will not hurt the downstream countries, Ambassador Dina Mufti, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in his biweekly press briefing today. #Ethiopia: #GERD begins generating power https://t.co/p7hLDXjBzV the 1st turbine with a capacity of generating 375 MW was inaugurated today. When all 13 turbines are completed, GERD will have a "total generation capacity of 5,150MW & annual energy of 15.76TWH,"@seleshi_b_a said. “This is good news for our continent and the downstream countries with whom we aspire to work together,” Pm Abiy said during the inauguration ceremony. Ambassador Dina also discussed the U.S. House bipartisan bill Ethiopia Stabilization, Peace, and Democracy Act, or H.R.

Source: Ethiopian News February 24, 2022 14:56 UTC