Nile| Renaissance dam’s unnoticed impact on Ethiopian psyche
(Merkeb Negash) “The humiliation of a thing is sufficient to stimulate it; the humiliation of a country is sufficient to rejuvenate it” - Book of Rites (Chinese literature) When the late prime minister came up with the idea of building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (then known as Project X), many considered it as an ambitious … Read more
Renaissance Dam to start “pre-generation work” by mid-2014
The Metal and Engineering Corporation said on Wednesday the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is expected to start pre-generation work in August 2014. Director General of the Metal and Engineering Corporation Brigadier General Kinfe Dagnew while presenting the nine-month report of the Corporation to the Industrial Affairs Standing Committee of the House of People’s Representatives said … Read more
የህዳሴው ግድብ በ2006 መጨረሻ የሙከራ ስራ ይጀምራል
(ማርታ ዘሪሁን) የኢትዮጵያ ብረታ ብረትና ኢንጅነሪንግ ኮርፖሬሽን ዛሬ ግንቦት 7/2005 ለህዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት የኢንዱስትሪ ጉዳዮች ቋሚ ኮሚቴ የ2005 ዘጠኝ ወራት የስራ አፈጻጸም ሪፖርቱን አቅርቧል፡፡ የቋሚ ኮሚቴው አባላት በእድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን እቅዱ የተያዙና በኮርፖሬሽኑ እየተከናወኑ ያሉ አብዛኞቹ ግዙፍ ፕሮጀክቶች የአፈጻጸም ደረጃ ከ50 በመቶ በታች መሆኑን መነሻ በማድረግ ለኮርፖሬሽኑ ኃላፊዎች ጥያቄዎች አንስተዋል፡፡ የኮርፖሬሽኑ ዋና ዳይሬክተር ብርጋዴር ጄኔራል … Read more
Egyptian Columnist: “the Prime Minister drowned us in Nile crisis”
(Abdel Latif el-Menawy) Three years ago I warned of the water crisis and the Renaissance Dam via a series of articles. I traveled to Ethiopia and Eretria and met with late Ethiopian premier Meles Zenawi and Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki in an attempt to communicate and provide the public with the opportunity to know what’s … Read more
Nile| Egypt says: Ethiopia’s dam will wait for the Experts’ Panel
(Daniel Berhane) Egyptian Minister claims he can not say for sure that the Renaissance dam project has negative effects “on Egypt’s share of the Nile water”. Minister Irrigation and Water Resources, Dr. Mohamed Bahaa El-Din, made the remark to Egyptian reporters during his visit to a water project on Sunday. Dr. El-Din said that he awaits … Read more
Why Ethiopia turns a deaf ear to environmentalists’ outcry
(Daniel Berhane) Last month, I had an informative chat with a State Minister in the energy sector in Bahir dar. As we were few kilometers away from the source of Nile, with foreign journalists nearby, he was wary of what I might inquire about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam – one of the greatest politico-economic … Read more
Nile | Military option was not considered, Egyptian Minister
(Daniel Berhane) Minister Dr Mohamed Bahaa El Din, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, dismissed that news report that Egypt is preparing to attack Ethiopia to preserve. It is to be recalled that MiddleEast NewsLine claimed last week that: “[Egypt's] military has been preparing for the prospect that air strikes would be ordered to stop … Read more
Nile | Ethiopians raise billions, despite foreign-backed Saboteurs
(Daniel Berhane) The Ethiopian government disclosed that it has collected about 4.4 Billion Birr from citizens for the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam project, which is now 19.6% complete. The total cost of the dam project was said to be 78 billion birr (3.35 bln Euros or 4.8 bln USD) on April 2, … Read more
Nile | There Won’t Be Enough for Everybody [The Oxonian Globalist]
The Nile River is a resource strained to its limits on both sides of the equation – supply and demand. On the supply side, climate change trends and the rising temperatures around the globe are increasing water loss due to evaporation. The demand side, if anything, is less forgiving. The population of the three largest … Read more
Nile | China provides $1 billion for Renaissance dam Transmission lines
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam-Dedesa-Holeta 500 KV Power Transmission Project has been signed between Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) and China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Co.Itd. The transmission line is of double circuit and it stretches 1238 km from the Renaissance Dam to Dedesa to Holeta through 500kv transmission line. There will be two … Read more
