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International Water Power and Dam Construction
published 144 days, 14 hours, 27 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 144 days, 14 hours, 32 minutes ago
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:59:02 AM GMT Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:53:56 AM GMT
Ethiopia is planning to build two new dams across the Nile, with a total capacity of 2100MW, Reuters has reported. The project would be in addition to the 5250MW Millennium Dam, which is currently being developed on the river. Feasibility studies are underway for the two new dams.  News  Ethiopia planning two new dams Ethiopia is planning to build two new dams across the Nile, with a total capacity of 2100MW, Reuters has reported. The project would be in addition to the 5250MW Millennium ... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | 1 comment | | source: www.waterpowermagazine.com tags: dam, EEPCO, Electric Power, Mihret debebe

Ethiopian Electric Power Corp. Signs 14 Contracts with Foreign Firms at Oil Price
published 144 days, 14 hours, 27 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 144 days, 14 hours, 33 minutes ago
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:59:02 AM GMT Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:52:53 AM GMT
According to Ethiopian Electric Power Corp. executive Miheret Debebe, EEPCo has signed 14 contracts worth more than $300 million with foreign firms to increase Ethiopia’s power output. State company EEPCo has also announced a feasibility study to construct a second massive hydropower project on the upper Nile River is nearly complete, with the project part of Ethiopia’s plans to become a regional power hub in East Africa. Among the foreign firms involved in the projects are companies from Spain, France... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | 1 comment | | source: oilprice.com tags: EEPCO, Electric Power, ethiopia, Mihret debebe, news about ethiopia

Ethiopia to start power supply to Sudan after Djibouti
published 227 days, 12 hours, 50 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 227 days, 12 hours, 56 minutes ago
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 4:36:01 AM GMT Wednesday, June 22, 2011 4:30:49 AM GMT
Ethiopia will start supplying electric power to neighbouring Sudan next month as part of the Horn of Africa country’s plan to become a regional power exporter. Power exports to Djibouti began two weeks ago. Miheret Debebe, CEO of Ethiopian electric and Power Corporation (EEPCo.) on Monday announced that Ethiopia had begun supplying power to Djibouti as part of an agreement between the two countries. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | 1 comment | | source: www.borglobe.com tags: djibouti, EEPCO, Electric Power, Export, Mihret debebe, Sudan

Surveying Helicopter Crashes On Blue Nile River
published 289 days, 12 hours, 52 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 289 days, 13 hours, 2 minutes ago
Thursday, April 21, 2011 4:34:01 AM GMT Thursday, April 21, 2011 4:23:53 AM GMT
Addis Ababa — A helicopter with a team of experts on board has reportedly crashed into the Blue Nile River on Monday, a local an Ethiopian newspaper has reported. Owned by a South African company, the helicopter, which took off from Qoncho area in the Benishangul Gumuz region was carrying out a feasibility study for the construction of an additional two hydro-power projects Ethiopia intends to launch on the Nile River. "It flew into a cable spanning across... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: Benishangul Gumuz, EEPCO, Electric Power, Nile River, Tesfa-Alem Tekle

Ethiopia Power sector faces uncertainty
published 462 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 462 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes ago
Saturday, October 30, 2010 3:03:50 AM GMT Saturday, October 30, 2010 3:03:20 AM GMT
The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) has again announced a power rationing program and ordered industries to cut their production. Miheret Debebe, CEO of EEPCo, explained that latest power rationing, unlike the previous, is not as a result of power shortage but due to the restricted load capacity of transmission lines and delayed expansion work of new transmission lines. According to him the power demand has had a steady growth of 24 percent a year, and although the corporation has the capac... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.afrik-news.com tags: development, EEPCO, Electric Power, Mihret debebe, news about ethiopia

allAfrica.com: Ethiopia: Former CEO Proposes Provision of Wind Turbines
published 554 days, 13 hours, 27 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 554 days, 13 hours, 36 minutes ago
Friday, July 30, 2010 3:59:28 AM GMT Friday, July 30, 2010 3:50:39 AM GMT
Aetopic Energy Plc, the company cofounded by Ahmed Kello (PhD), former CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, proposed to the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) early in June to provide wind turbine parts for the Aysha Wind Park Project in Dire Dawa. (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: business, EEPCO, Electric Power, ethiopia, news about ethiopia

Ethiopian Coffee demolish EEPCO 6-2 as Dedebit falters in Yergalem
published 612 days, 14 hours, 48 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 612 days, 15 hours, 7 minutes ago
Wednesday, June 02, 2010 2:38:44 AM GMT Wednesday, June 02, 2010 2:19:00 AM GMT
The Ethiopian Premier League (EPL) Soccer Championship, which has been interrupted by the National Election, resumed here today with Ethiopian Coffee demolishing EEPCO 6-2 and closing the gap with Dedebit FC to just 3 points after the latter lost 1-0 to Sidama Coffee in Yergalem. The 31st week of the EPL saw Metehar... (more)
Digg It category: Sport | comment | | source: www.ethiosports.com tags: EEPCO, ethiopia, Ethiopian Coffee, Ethiopian Premier League, news about ethiopia, Saint George FC   Addis Ababa

The Ethiopian Dam and Salini: Controversial Dam Builder
published 645 days, 10 hours, 20 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 645 days, 10 hours, 25 minutes ago
Friday, April 30, 2010 7:06:28 AM GMT Friday, April 30, 2010 7:01:41 AM GMT
SURVIVAL DEMANDS RETRACTION FROM CONTROVERSIAL DAM BUILDER Controversial Italian dam-builders Salini Costruttori are embroiled in a new dispute over allegations they leveled at the tribal rights organization Survival International. The clash began after Salini’s project to build Africa’s tallest dam on Ethiopia’s Omo River provoked a storm [...] (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: ecadforum.com tags: EEPCO, Electric Power, news about ethiopia

Kenya, Ethiopia to inter-connect Power Grids
published 731 days, 10 hours, 55 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 731 days, 11 hours, 41 minutes ago
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:30:56 AM GMT Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:45:27 AM GMT
President Mwai Kibaki, who is attending the 14th AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Tuesday met and held talks with the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.topix.com tags: Addis Ababa, addis ababa in ethiopia, addis ethiopia, EEPCO, Electric Power, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, news about ethiopia

Ethiopia’s Gibe II tunnel set for water test
published 857 days, 11 hours, 42 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 863 days, 10 hours, 54 minutes ago
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:44:32 AM GMT Thursday, September 24, 2009 6:31:56 AM GMT
Ethiopia’s Gibe II tunnel set for water test By Groum Abate The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) is going to test the 25.8 km tunnel of Gilgel Gibe II this week by letting water run through it. If it succeeds, then the corporation will try out the turbines in the coming weeks in another trial. The 420 MW Gibe [...] (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.ethioplanet.com tags: EEPCO, Electric Power, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, news about ethiopia