Ethiopia is on the cusp of completing a development milestone. L argescale dam development provokes strong emotions because of costs and. Egypt wants a say in how quickly the dam fills and how much is released and when. After its completion, it will be the largest dam in africa and generate more power than any other dam on the african continent.
The anonymity afforded by pseudonyms favors excessive diatribe. Pdf forum papers are thoughtprovoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact. This book is about the grand ethiopian renaissance dam newly being built on the blue nile, a transboundary river. When complete, the gerd will generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity. Implications for transboundary water governance, discussion paper no. Ethiopia is building the largest hydropower dam in africa known as grand ethiopia renaissance damgerd on abay or the blue blue nile near the sudaneseethiopia border. At the construction site in the benishangul region of ethiopia near the sudanese border, some 8,500 workers are labouring tirelessly every day to build the gigantic grand ethiopian renaissance dam. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam will facilitate flood protection in the lower areas, irrigation, sediment control and navigation. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd construction. Impacts of filling scenarios of gerds reservoir on egypts. Thematic documents of the iii world water forum, comision nacional. Final agreement on grand ethiopian renaissance dam to be signed by end of feb. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the blue nile. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is the largest hydropower project in africa.
Grand ethiopian renaissance dam project salini impregilo. Egypt, which claims rights to most of the waters of the nile under. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam at 6,000 mw, the dam will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in africa when completed, as well as the 8th largest in the world. In 2011, ethiopia began building the grand ethiopian renaissance dam project gerdp on the blue nile river in a place called guba, 60 kilometres from sudan, which hold 74 billion cubic meters bcm storage capacity and about 60 bcm live storage which will produce 6000 mw electric generation. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd project is one of the largest hydroelectric dams in the world. Construction of the dam is located in northwest ethiopia. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam, a critical component of addis ababas economic development strategy, will provide ample electricity for the countrys 100 million citizens. It is difficult, if not impossible, and timewasting to respond to each instances of.
It is the primary water resource and the life artery for its downstream countries such as egypt and sudan. Ethiopia, egypt, sudan, and eritrea tensions over grand. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd construction continues on the nile river. The gerd reservoir will cover an area of 1874 km 2 at full supply level of 640 m above mean sea level, with total and active storage volumes of 74 bcm 5.
No irrigation just hydropower the reservoir at 70 billion cubic meters will be one of the continents largest. Evaluating its sustainability standard and geopolitical significance. The official stance of the sudanese government was in support of building the. Today the gerd is 40% finished and it is predicted to be completed in 2017 salini impregilo, 2015. As of the summer of 2017, the project is estimated to be 60% complete. When it is completed it will generate 6000 mega watts of electricity. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam in ethiopia is nearing completion. Ethiopia again rejects egypts vision for renaissance dam.
Pdf impacts of grand ethiopian renaissance dam researchgate. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam and the nile basin. Ethiopian grand renaissance dam progress discussed in the. The dam is planned as a hydropower project with installed capacity of 6000 mw and estimated. Jul 14, 2014 due to open in 2017, the grand ethiopian renaissance dam will be africas largest hydroelectric power station. The grand ethiopian renassance dam is under construction. Introduction on march 23, 2015, egypt, ethiopia and the sudan signed a declaration of principles on the grand ethiopian renaissance dam2 gerd. In 2011, the ethiopian government started the construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd on the blue nile in ethiopia ipoe, 20. The gibe iii hydropower dam on the omo river in southwestern ethiopia will eventually generate 1,870 megawatts of electricity. Reflections on the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam and the blue nile. Report from conference at mit addresses potential effects of huge construction project.
The grand ethiopian renaissance dam 3 benefits 4 costs 4 201120 4 202015 4 discussion 4 conclusions 5 references 6 introduction the grand ethiopian renaissance dams ongoing construction has been the source of increased tensions between the countries of egypt and ethiopia related to nile river water resources control. The project, known as the border dam, would have had an 85meterhigh dam, a reservoir just onefifth the size of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam, and a. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam project gerdp final report addis ababa. International significance the grand ethiopian renaissance dam generated international media coverage during. The current tensions are also being exacerbated by what cairo sees as turkish meddling in the region. Egypts water use efficiency is more than 85%, abdel aty tells parties in addis ababa. Remote sensing of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. Impact of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd on gezira groundwater, sudan abbas m. Ethiopias nile dam project signals its intention to become.
The diversion of the blue nile river through four new culverts is underway. Responding to the crisis of the filling of the gerd. Sep 24, 2019 cairo egypt has initiated several international diplomatic moves expressing its deep concern about what it says is ethiopias stalling and failure to reach a comprehensive agreement on filling and operating the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd, which it sees as a threat to its water supply this comes after a year and four months lull in negotiations, since ethiopian. The redoubled watershed management on ethiopian highlands will be necessitated by the need to reduce the rivers sediment load i.
The blue nile contributes 86 percent of the water source into the nile river. A gap in resilience however, the wider system to sustain this new infrastructure needs to be strengthened at the same time as it is built. Egyptian options narrow as nile dam nears operational capacity the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is the largest hydropower project in africa. Sharaky, hossam eliwa, and alaa kassem contents 1 introduction 2 material and methods 2.
Now and then, we see biased articles regarding the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. Understanding the impacts on ethiopia, sudan and egypt and. Background in 2011, ethiopia began building the grand ethiopian renaissance dam project gerdp on the blue nile river in a place called guba, 60 kilometres from sudan, which hold 74 billion. In december, president recep tayyip erdogan of turkey. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gets set to open. In ethiopia which is one of most important water sources of. In 2011, ethiopia began constructing the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd on the blue nile in a place called guba, approximately 60 km from sudan and 750 km northwest of addis ababa. Egypts options to counter ethiopias grand dam run dry.
Impact of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd on. May 25, 2017 this monograph enquires into the fairness dilemma in connection with the construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd in light of relevant colonialera nile treaties, post1990 nile framework instruments, and international watercourses law. It was initially called project x, then the millennium dam and finally grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd. Dadsong aenvironmental change institute, university of oxford, uk. Ethiopia says trump got inaccurate information on nile dam. Ethiopian officials claimed that egypt requested extending the filling period of the dam to 1221 years. Despite egypts long hostility to the project, ethiopia will soon complete the dam, underscoring the shifting balance of power from cairo to the upstream states of sudan. The location of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd, now under construction near ethiopias border with sudan, is shown in red. The works for the new dam over the nile are 65% complete. Perspectives on the declaration of principles of the grand. The standoff between the nile riparian countries egypt, sudan and ethiopia over the mega dam project by the latter has taken a new twist. Article summary after more than a year of stalled negotiations between egypt and ethiopia on the grand ethiopian renaissance dam, egypts diplomatic moves at the regional and international levels seem to have led nowhere. The topic that captivated so much emotions and interests among ethiopians of diaspora was the construction of the hydroelectric dam on the blue nile river, the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd. Cooperative filling approaches for the grand ethiopian.
By ezana kebede march 29, 2015 background on the gerd. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam and the future of the. Perspectives on the declaration of principles regarding the grand ethiopian renaissance dam minga negash, seid hassan, mammo muchie and abu girma1 i. Managing risks of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam on. Gerd grand ethiopian renaissance dam ghe greenhouse gas emissions ghg green house gas gis geographical information system gts global telecommunications system. Ethiopian renaissance dam gerd, which is under construction. At the end of the works, the grand ethiopian renaissance dam will be the largest dam in africa. The gtwernment of ethiopia coe is convinced that the gerop has huge benefit ta all the three riparian countries, namely egypt, ethiopia and sudan. The ethiopian government builds the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd that is a 6,000 mw hydropower project on the blue nile to fulfill the countrys energy needs. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam, when completed, will reduce the capacity of the. In the end, this is going to change the geopolitical balance of the region. He emphasized that the benefits that will accrue from the dam will by no means be restricted to ethiopia. As part of this strategy, it is presently constructing the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd on the blue nile river, ignoring opposition from the downstream egypt. Isaiah 19 prophecy grand ethiopian renaissance dam.
The dam will hold 74 x109m3 of water and will produce 5,570megawatt hour. Talaqu yeityoppya hidase gidib, formerly known as the millennium dam and sometimes referred to as hidase dam amharic. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd, under construction 20 kilometres from the sudanese border since 2011 on the blue nile, was designed to generate 6000 megawatt mw 4in electricity. Hidase gidib, is a gravity dam on the blue nile river in ethiopia that has been under construction since 2011. The financing of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd. Videos from around the world aiga forum, an ethiopian forum. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam is being built along the nile in the benishangulgumuz region of ethiopia, about 15 km east of the border with sudan. Benefit of grand ethiopian renaissance dam project gerdp. Aug 04, 2016 preoccupied with thoughts of turning back aggression, egyptian national security policymakers can only offer a failed, unfocused response to the ethiopian governments decision to start building the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerda project that would most likely affect egypts share and flow of nile waters, and thus constitute a.
When finished, the gerd will be the largest hydroelectric plant in africa. Ethiopia began the dam construction in 2011 and plans to complete it. Mar 01, 2019 isaiah 19 prophecy grand ethiopian renaissance dam shockcast shorts. The development of great ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is causing political escalation of tensions between ethiopia and egypt based on current issues and the expectations for requirements that must be met before the completion of the dam construction. The grand ethiopia renaissance dam gerd will give ethiopia an enormous incentive to mobilize unprecedented watershed management. This article was published in the reference module in earth.
The 6,000megawatt grand ethiopian renaissance dam, shown here in may 2016, is scheduled to begin producing electricity in 2017. The border project which is known now as the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is a hydropower project being built recently on the blue nile abbay river to generate 6,000 mwh of electricity by exploiting the rivers flow which has an average 1,541 m3s of annual water discharge. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd or taihige. Modelbased optimization for operating the ethiopian. The most important aspect of the new ethiopian internal scene is the cold conflict between ethiopian prime minister abiy ahmed and the military institutions and companies, which directly reflected on the construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam, where abiy ahmed declared at a press conference late august 2019 that the gerd might not. Jun 27, 2014 at the end of the works, the grand ethiopian renaissance dam will be the largest dam in africa. It is easy to see why egypt would want that control. This book, after setting out basinlevel legal and policy successes and failures of managing and sharing nile waters, articulates the opportunities. Pdf agreement on declaration of principles on the grand. International experts analyze impacts of ethiopian dam. This dam will have many impacts on the water supply of downstream countries like egypt and sudan.
The current us administration which has led over four months of negotiation over the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd has warned ethiopia that final testing and filling of the dam should not take place without an agreement with egypt and sudan. Dam, several of these factors were contributory to the project. How efficient is the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd will not only be africas largest dam, but it is also essential for future cooperation and development in the nile river basin and east african region. Hydropolitics surrounding the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. The gerds reservoir will be large enough to hold more than the volume of the entire blue nile, on which it is located. Hello fellow wikipedians, i have just added archive links to one external link on grand ethiopian renaissance dam. In the case of ethiopia and the grand ethiopian renaissance. Grand renaissance dam in deep water ethiopia observer. Egypt and sudan have concerns on the impacts of the dam upon them. Mindful of the rising demand of the arab republic of egypt, the federal democratic republic of ethiopia and the republic of sudan on their transboundary water resources, and cognizant of the significance of the river nile as the source of livelihood. Who is financing ethiopias grand ethiopian renaissance dam. Modelbased optimization for operating the ethiopian renaissance dam on the blue nile river abbas m.
It and several other large dams in ethiopia could turn the country. The case study is the addition of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd and considers how its operation may be coordinated with adaptations to the operations of egypts high aswan dam. With the largest area under cereal production in the nile basin, agricultural water withdrawal constitutes 97% of the total water withdrawal in the sudan. How has the grand ethiopian renaissance dam changed the legal. Egypt pulse ethiopia again rejects egypts vision for renaissance dam read in. Impact of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd and.
The grand ethiopian renaissance dam in ethiopia is nearing. Egypt adamantly protested while opinion in the sudan is divided. Jan 31, 2020 file in this june 28, 20 file photo, the blue nile river flows near the site of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam near assosa, ethiopia. Office of the national council for the coordination of public participation to the construction of grand.
The aswan dam in egypt, completed in 1970, enables egypt to even out the water that reaches the land in the nile. Mohamed conten ts 1 introduction 2 problem statement 3 objectives 4 methodology 5 simulation model description 5. Ethiopia could begin filling the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd at any time see map 1. The project, which was expected to be finalized in 2017, needed extra four years to be completed due to poor performance. The project over the nile that makes neighborhood relations turbid abstract. Description for grand ethiopian renaissance dam ethiopia the grand ethiopian renaissance dam project is a majestic hydroelectric plant, which was born in the 60s from the imagination of giorgio pietrangeli, concerning a vast and farsighted plan to exploit the blue nile potential for hydroelectric purposes and improve management of this huge water resource. Construction of grand ethiopian renaissance dam at 66%. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd worcester polytechnic. Ethiopia began the dam construction in 2011 and plans to complete it in 2020. An opportunity for collaboration and shared benefits in the eastern nile basin an amicus brief to the riparian nations of ethiopia, sudan and egypt from the international, nonpartisan eastern nile working group convened at the massachusetts institute of technology on 14 november 2014. The construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd in ethiopia poses new opportunities and uncertainties on agricultural production in the sudan. The nile river nr is an international river shared by eleven riparian countries.
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