Ethiopia: Chinese-led consortium to build Geba dam

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has awarded a contract to a Chinese-led consortium to build the 371MW Geba hydroelectric project in the Baro-Akobo Basin, in the east of the country. Engineering, procurement and construction work will be carried out by the China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC), alongside Sinohydro and local firm Sur Construction. EEP’s predecessor, the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation, originally sought expressions of interest in Q4 2008 to finance and build Geba as two projects, the 220MW Geba I and 165MW Geba II.