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Africa's Biggest Hydropower Plant to Supply Power to Sudan by Nizar Manek 5 April 2017, 11:51 GMT+3 5 April 2017, 17:32 GMT+3 Bloomberg - Transmission line will link Ethiopia dam with Sudanese capital - Two nations have ‘political agreement’ on boosting supply Sudan will receive electricity from Ethiopia’s flagship dam via a transmission line once Africa’s biggest hydropower plant is complete, the two countries’ leaders said. The 500 kilovolt line will connect the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River with Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Tuesday. Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir, addressing reporters alongside the premier in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, praised an existing road and telecommunications networks connecting the neighboring nations. He also mentioned plans for the countries to develop a “free economic zone,” without giving further details. The GERD, scheduled for completion next year, is being built at an estimated cost of $6.4 billion, financed by government bonds, according to a June report by Bloomberg Energy Finance. It’s designed to produce 6,000 megawatts of power, almost triple Ethiopia’s current generating capacity, and would rank among the world’s 10 biggest hydropower plants. Al-Bashir said an agreement to link a railway from Ethiopia to Port Sudan, which includes a port dedicated to Ethiopia, is “awaiting funds.” Hailemariam said strategic studies for the line have been conducted and Ethiopia has already started to use the port for large consignments such as fertilizer. A contract to upgrade the electricity supply hasn’t yet been signed and the cost hasn’t been determined “but there’s political agreement” between the two nations, according to Ethiopian deputy government spokesman Zadig Abraha. The state-owned Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation and its Sudanese counterpart are working on the technicalities, Zadig, who was previously director of the dam’s public mobilization office, said by phone. There will be an international tender for engineering work after the contract is signed, he said. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-05/ africa-s-biggest-hydropower-dam-to-supply-electricity-to-sudan END ______________________ John Ashworth [email protected] +254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile) +211 919 695 362 (South Sudan mobile) +44 787 976 8030 (UK mobile) +88 216 4334 0735 (Thuraya satphone) Skype: jashworth1 PO Box 52002 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya This is a personal e-mail address and the contents do not necessarily reflect the views of any organisation -- -- The content of this message does not necessarily reflect John Ashworth's views. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, John Ashworth is not the author of the content and the source is always cited. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sudan-john-ashworth" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sudan-john-ashworth- [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.za/ group/sudan-john-ashworth --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sudans-john-ashworth" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sudans-john-ashworth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ooUC4Ei5ib3%2BFgjsES7yST4TKO8a4Fibf6B7Eiur7QPAw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
