Ethiopia: Gibe III to start generating in H2

Minister for water, irrigation and energy Alemayehu Tegenu has announced that Ethiopian Electric Power will begin generating power from its controversial 1,870MW Gibe III dam in H2 this year as long as the annual wet season sufficiently fills its 11.8bcm reservoir. The dam, which at 243 metres is Africa’s tallest, will begin producing 187MW from one of its ten turbines, with the intention of starting up an additional turbine each month thereafter.