Ethiopia powers on with controversial dam project
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
The Grand Renaissance Dam project was announced last year by the Ethiopian government, in a unilateral move that is not sitting very well with its downstream neighbors. Egypt and Sudan say Ethiopia is threatening their greatest natural resource.
If construction stays on schedule the dam will be complete in six years. Ethiopia says the dam will generate 6,000 mega watts of electricity and it will sell a proportion of that to its neighbors and use the rest to fuel its own growth.
Egypt and Sudan are particularly worried that this dam will allow Ethiopia to control the flow of water. Ethiopia denies this and says it will use machines to monitor and ensure the flow remains stable.
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has dismissed these concerns and warned against what he called "dam extremists."
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