Eastern Africa
Ethiopia’s hydroelectric mega-dam starts generating electricity
The first of 13 turbines being installed on Ethiopia's GERD mega-project has been powered up, starting electricity generation from the dam.
Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, initiated power production at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on February 20, 2022, by pressing a series of buttons on an electronic screen which started a 375 megawatt turbine.
Today, Africa's largest power plant, the GERD’s first turbine began generating power.
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