Azeb Mesfin Shukshukta | Abebe Balcha Shukshukta

Seven days prior Ethiopia has been praising the seventh celebration of the start of the advancement of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (HERD). The nation is moreover needing to start power age on the Dam this year. According to the Office of National Council for the Coordination of Public Participation on the Construction of HERD, two turbines each with capacity to make 375 MW have recently been acquainted and are holding on with test power age.

The HERD, which will be Africa's greatest dam upon wrap up with a total volume of 74 billion cubic meters, was started in April 2011 with a cost of more than 4.7 billion U.S. dollars. This endeavor, asserted and financed by the Ethiopian government, has shown up at 64% finish. It is acknowledged that the power made from the dam will be sold as far north to Morocco and as far south to Tanzania while more than 50% of the dam's power will be proposed to Nile River Basin and adjoining countries.