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Kenya agrees with Ethiopia on price of importing electricity - Business News |nation.co.ke

published 156 days, 14 hours, 4 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 156 days, 14 hours, 4 minutes ago
Monday, December 19, 2011 3:44:29 AM GMT Monday, December 19, 2011 3:44:14 AM GMT
The deal to import 400MW was reached on Monday between Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water and Energy but failed to agree on pricing. According to estimates from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), new hydro-power projects price power between $0.093 (Sh7.70) and $0.111 (Sh9.20) per kilowatt hour. One kilowatt hour is equivalent to a single unit of power consumption - what is used to bill customers. (more)

International Water Power and Dam Construction

published 253 days, 14 hours, 49 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 253 days, 14 hours, 55 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)

Ethiopian Electric Power Corp. Signs 14 Contracts with Foreign Firms at Oil Price

published 253 days, 14 hours, 49 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 253 days, 14 hours, 56 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)

Ethiopia to start power supply to Sudan after Djibouti

published 336 days, 13 hours, 13 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 336 days, 13 hours, 18 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)

Sudan, Egypt Review Ethiopian Proposal To Study Impact Of Its Blue Nile Dam Project

published 363 days, 13 hours, 3 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 363 days, 13 hours, 13 minutes ago
Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:45:50 AM GMT Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:35:13 AM GMT
KHARTOUM, (BERNAMA-NNN-SUNA) – Sudan and Egypt are reviewing an Ethiopian proposal to set up a joint technical tripartite committee to study the technical issues and impact of Ethiopia’s Millennium Dam, which is under construction on the Blue Nile River some 40 km east of Sudan in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopa. This came about when the ministers of Irrigation and Water Resources of Sudan and Egypt, Kamal Ali Mohamed and Dr. Hussein El-Atfy respectively, co-chaired a session of talks here Tuesd... (more)

Visit to Ethiopia successful, says popular delegation

published 385 days, 13 hours, 41 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 385 days, 13 hours, 48 minutes ago
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:07:15 AM GMT Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:00:55 AM GMT
CAIRO: Members of the Egyptian popular delegation that visited Ethiopia this week hailed the "successful" outcome of the visit and the warm reception by the Ethiopian people and officials. The delegation returned Tuesday to Egypt after a four-day visit in which they met Ethiopian President Girma Wolde-Giorgis and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who agreed to postpone ratification of the new Nile water treaty until a new Egyptian president and parliament are elected. “The visit has achieved all its goals, ... (more)

Egypt tells Ethiopia it will negotiate over Nile

published 396 days, 18 hours, 8 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 396 days, 18 hours, 9 minutes ago
Friday, April 22, 2011 11:40:05 PM GMT Friday, April 22, 2011 11:39:42 PM GMT
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Egypt's ambassador to Ethiopia said Thursday that his government is willing to negotiate disputed Nile River issues with Ethiopia, including a colonial-era treaty that gives Egypt a majority stake in the river. Ambassador Tarik Ghoneim said Egypt's new government wants to start discussions with all nine Nile countries about using waters in the best interest of all. "Everything is on the table," he said. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: hosted.ap.org tags: economy, egypt, Electric Power, ethiopia, Nile, Nile River

Surveying Helicopter Crashes On Blue Nile River

published 398 days, 13 hours, 15 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 398 days, 13 hours, 25 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)

World Water Day: Global outrage over Ethiopia mega-dam

published 428 days, 13 hours, 48 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 428 days, 13 hours, 55 minutes ago
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:00:47 AM GMT Tuesday, March 22, 2011 3:53:55 AM GMT
Almost 400 organizations have signed a petition against Africa’s tallest dam, which will be delivered to Ethiopian embassies across Europe and the United States to mark World Water Day on Tuesday 22nd March. At least eight tribes in Ethiopia and about 300,000 people living around the famous Lake Turkana in Kenya are threatened by the Gibe III dam on the Omo River. Copies of the petition will be delivered in France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the UK and the USA. (more)

Egyptian fears over new dam 'groundless'

published 430 days, 11 hours, 9 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 430 days, 11 hours, 25 minutes ago
Sunday, March 20, 2011 6:39:22 AM GMT Sunday, March 20, 2011 6:23:55 AM GMT
The Ethiopian government has downplayed the effect that a dam it is planning to build near the Sudanese border could have on lower Nile riparian sates, Egypt and Sudan. Addis Ababa has qualified fears expressed by Egyptian officials as “unsubstantiated”. Reports from Egypt have indicated that the north African country is alarmed over Ethiopian plans to construct more hydroelectric dams, including a planned power plant at Benishangul state. Cairo fears that a cumulative effect could translate into much l... (more)

Ethiopia to Build Dam On Blue Nile Near Border

published 433 days, 12 hours, 57 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 433 days, 13 hours, 12 minutes ago
Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:51:29 AM GMT Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:37:00 AM GMT
Ethiopia is set to launch construction of a massive hydroelectric dam in its Nile basin near its border with Sudan, the country's Prime Minister has announced. The planned power plant Ethiopia's Benishangul state will be 40km from the Sudanese border. "We are planning to carry out a number of important projects, including a major project on the Nile," Ethiopian Prime minister Meles Zenawi told the press. Upon completion, the power plant will ... (more)

Groups Protest, Seeking China's Pullout From Controversial Dam

published 454 days, 10 hours, 46 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 454 days, 10 hours, 51 minutes ago
Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:02:26 AM GMT Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:57:23 AM GMT
Tesfa-Alem Tekle Addis Ababa — International environmental groups, members of civil society and other concerned individuals on Sunday held a protest in Kenya to petition the Chinese government against financing the construction of Ethiopia's controversial mega-dam. Sudan Tribune has learnt that the protesters, lobbied by Friends of Lake Turkana, marched to the Chinese embassy in Nairobi where they delivered a petition calling on China to stop its firms from engaging in the ... (more)

Mega irrigation project on Omo River planned

published 481 days, 10 hours, 19 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 481 days, 11 hours, 11 minutes ago
Friday, January 28, 2011 7:29:11 AM GMT Friday, January 28, 2011 6:37:21 AM GMT
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has announced plans to start an irrigation project on the trans-boundary Omo River. The announcement comes in spite of an unresolved contention raised over the government’s Gibe III Hydropower Project, which is currently underway to generate 1800MW. Analysts argue that Ethiopia should negotiate with countries like Kenya and Egypt before embarking on such projects. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi who appeared at a ceremony in Jinka, a town in the Southern Nation... (more)

Ethiopia Power sector faces uncertainty

published 571 days, 14 hours, 45 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 571 days, 14 hours, 45 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)

Meles declares to Complete Gibe III Dam at Any Cost

published 638 days, 12 hours, 59 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 638 days, 13 hours, 3 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:49:17 AM GMT Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:45:39 AM GMT
Briefing local media journalists in his office this morning , Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Awramba Times that the Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric dam construction will be constructed at any cost on previously scheduled time. “nothing can stop the Ethiopian government from completing the project on schedule, [...] (more)

European Investment Bank Stops Funding Gilgel Gibe III

published 660 days, 12 hours, 6 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 660 days, 12 hours, 6 minutes ago
Monday, August 02, 2010 5:42:56 AM GMT Monday, August 02, 2010 5:42:22 AM GMT
The European Investment Bank said it has stopped funding environmental and social impact studies for the Gibe III hydroelectric dam project in Ethiopia. The Luxembourg-based bank made the decision after alternative funding was found, the EIB said in an e-mailed statement today. In the past, the bank has funded preliminary studies designed to help [...] (more)

allAfrica.com: Ethiopia: Former CEO Proposes Provision of Wind Turbines

published 663 days, 13 hours, 49 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 663 days, 13 hours, 58 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)

The Ethiopian Dam and Salini: Controversial Dam Builder

published 754 days, 10 hours, 42 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 754 days, 10 hours, 47 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

Suspend Gibe III Dam Project

published 766 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 766 days, 11 hours, 50 minutes ago
Sunday, April 18, 2010 6:03:37 AM GMT Sunday, April 18, 2010 5:58:24 AM GMT
I had been following the controversy surrounding the Gibe III hydroelectric dam project with passing interest until a couple of months ago. That changed when the recently completed Gibe II dam tunnel collapsed just two weeks after its inauguration. I am for the development of Ethiopia's infrastructure regardless of whatever regime is in charge. But development that is done without transparency and full consultation with all the stakeholders is bound to fail or bring about unnecessary conflicts or both. U... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.enset.org tags: economy, Electric Power, Gibe, news about ethiopia

Ethiopia launches electric car despite power shortages

published 781 days, 14 hours, 21 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 781 days, 14 hours, 33 minutes ago
Saturday, April 03, 2010 3:27:05 AM GMT Saturday, April 03, 2010 3:15:08 AM GMT
Ethiopia has launched an electric car, despite suffering from power shortages. It is only the second African country to do so, after South Africa. (more)
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