Hydro Project in Ethiopia to Be Constructed
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
The Government of Ethiopia Has Awarded a Contract to an Ethiopia-China Consortium to Construct the 385-MW Geba 1 and 2 Hydroelectric Complex on the Geba River in Western Ethiopia
Government officials signed an agreement September 8 with Sur Construction of Ethiopia, and Sinohydro Corp. and China Gezhouba Group Co. (CGGC) of China, the government-owned Ethiopian News Agency reported.
Ethiopian Electric Power Corp.invited expressions of interest from firms in 2008to finance and construct the 220-MW Geba 1 and 165-MW Geba 2 hydroelectric complex in Oromia State. Geba was among 22 projects in Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan examined by consultants in 2004 as part of an Eastern Nile Power Trade Program study funded by the African Development Bank.
Sur, Sinohydro and CGGC have previously worked in joint ventures including construction of the300-MW Tekeze hydroelectric projecton Ethiopia's Tekeze River. Under the Geba agreement, Sur is to carry out 25 percent of the construction, with the remaining 75 percent divided among all three companies in cooperation.
ArbaMinch University in South Ethiopia Peoples' State is to perform hydraulic model testing for the project.
Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister Alemayehu Tegenu said 80 percent of Geba's US$583 million cost is to be financed by the Export-Import Bank of China.
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