The construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd on the blue nile o. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam, its impact on egyptian. It has a planned height of 145 m and full supply elevation of 640 m above sea level masl. The official stance of the sudanese government was in support of building the dam. There are still many questions to be answered including the following. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam project, currently under construction in ethiopia, is located approximately 40 km downstream of the confluence with the river beles at a narrow point about 15 km upstream of the ethiopian border with sudan. Cooperative filling approaches for the grand ethiopian renaissance.
Financing the grand ethiopian renaissance dam springerlink. Talaqu yeityoppya hidase gidib, formerly known as the millennium dam and sometimes referred to as hidase dam amharic. Gigantic nile dam prompts clash between egypt and ethiopia. The 10 nile basin countries see map especially egypt, have had water resources infrastructure on the nile. Now and then, we see biased articles regarding the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. The baro river is created by the confluence of the birbir and gebba rivers, east of metu in the illubabor zone of the oromia region. Like borkena on facebook and get ethiopian news updates regularly. To boost the economy, the country is pursuing a number of largescale infrastructure projects, including the grand renaissance dam and a railway network.
Finally, sensitivity analysis has also been applied to quantify the effects caused by the construction of the ethiopian grand renaissance dam. Cooperative filling approaches for the grand ethiopian. Hidase gidib, is a gravity dam on the blue nile river in ethiopia that has been under construction since 2011. Who is financing ethiopias grand ethiopian renaissance dam. Last weeks tensions between egypt and sudan, two neighbourly states who have had good relations for decades, were an indication of the lack of transparency in the relations between the two states as well as the absence of bodies that can predict and avoid differences before they happen and help to resolve them, said maasoum marzouk, a former. The politics of ethiopian grand millennium dam by messele zewdie ejeta several days ago, an acquaintance called to invite me to participate the next day in a panel discussion prepared by deutsche welles amharic service program.
The border project which is known now as the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is a hydropower project being built recently on the blue nile abbay river to generate 6,000 mwh of electricity by exploiting the rivers flow which has an average 1,541 m3s of annual water discharge. This huge dam will flood 1,680 square kilometers of forest in northwest ethiopia, near the sudan border, and create a reservoir that is nearly twice as large as lake tana. The renaissance dam is a grand hydropowered project being constructed on the blue nile, some 20 kilometers upstream the borders with sudan. Indepth analysis as libya finds bodies of ethiopians. The blue nile was a major source of the flooding of the nile that contributed to the fertility of the nile valley and the consequent rise of ancient egypt and egyptian mythology.
The grand ethiopian renaissance dam is being built along the nile in the benishangulgumuz region of ethiopia, about 15 km east of the border with sudan. Egypts aswan dam, completed in 1970, can store up to 169 billion cubic metres of water in its reservoir. Located in the western part of the country, near the border with sudan, the dam was expected to be about 5,840 feet long and 475 feet. Ethiopia has begun diverting the flow of the nile to build a dh17 billion hydroelectric dam that is alarming countries downstream. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd, formerly known as the millennium dam, is under construction in the benishangulgumuz region of ethiopia. Assessing the options of resolving the dispute over the grand renaissance dam. Ethiopia initiated to construct the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd herein under in 2011 and the reactions from the lower riparian countries range from a threat of war based opposition to official avowals of support. In 2011, ethiopia began building the grand ethiopian renaissance dam project gerdp on the blue nile river in a place called guba, 60 kilometres from sudan, which hold 74 billion cubic meters bcm storage capacity and about 60 bcm live storage which will produce 6000 mw electric generation. The dam is being funded by government bonds and private donations.
Ethiopia has had a very high growth rate as result of a very concentrated effort by the government to boost industrial production and manufacturing. Dec 25, 2018 zecharias zelalem, for addis standard addis abeba, december 242018 yesterday reuters reported that the bodies of 34 ethiopian christians executed in libya by islamic state is in 2015 have been exhumed from a mass grave. Remote sensing of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. There are other but not very significant streams joining the nile. This project focuses on the multipurpose use of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam, particularly for the sustainable energywaterfoodecosystem service nexus at the national level. From its source in the ethiopian highlands it flows west for 306 kilometres 190 mi to join the pibor. Increased land subsidence and sealevel rise are submerging. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam project salini impregilo.
Ethiopia is the second most populous country in africa and. New ethiopian prime minister abiy ahmed and somali president mohamed abdullahi farmajo mohamed agreed saturday to strengthen their brotherly bilateral relations and to collaborate with the. Construction of grand ethiopian renaissance dam at 66%. Please visit us every time, we hope you enjoy it and welcome any feedback. It will be the largest hydropower project of africa, with an installed capacity of 6,000mw. The gerd is currently in the midst of a largescale political battle between ethiopia, sudan, and egypt. May 11, 2016 cooperative filling approaches for the grand ethiopian renaissance dam article pdf available in water international 414. Evaluating its sustainability standard and geopolitical significance article pdf available march 2014 with 8,041 reads how we measure reads. With the completion in 1970 of the aswan dam in egypt, the nile floods ended for lower egypt. The grand renaissance dam gerd in 2007, ethiopia announced that it would build a dam on the nile to help it generate electricity. Impact of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd and. This unique volume discusses various aspects of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd and the aswan high dam ahd including their positive and negative impacts. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam project, benishangulgumuz.
Ethiopia diverts the nile for dh17bn dam, alarming countries. Estimation of evaporation over the upper blue nile basin by. Washington hosts talks with ethiopia, egypt and sudan over renaissance dam dispute duration. Not done hidase dam to grand ethiopian renaissance dam asked for by dbhistmerge.
It presents uptodate research findings by egyptian scientists and researchers covering several interesting. Once completed, the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd will be the largest dam in africa. News in brief the ethiojapan high level policy dialogue. It should be underlined that no force could stop ethiopia from building a dam. The river nile and ethiopias grand renaissance dam. Construction of the new naga hammadi barrage was completed in the spring of 2008. Key facts about ethiopias giant nile dam news wsau.
Egypt and ethiopia will begin mediation talks in the us on wednesday over the impact a nile dam will have on cairos share of nile waters. Will ethiopias grand renaissance dam dry the nile in. Construction of grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the. Economic commission for africa eca may 2015april 2016. Bridging the gap in the nile waters dispute crisis group. Ethiopian registrar is an extensive ethiopian news source. If there is a need to go to war, we could get millions readied. Pdf cooperative filling approaches for the grand ethiopian. Since the announcement of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd at the outlet of the upper blue nile ubn basin, a conflict over this dam has been escalating between egypt and ethiopia. A lack of adequate data and comprehensive knowledge of key. The construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd in ethiopia poses new opportunities and uncertainties on agricultural production in.
Grand ethiopian renaissance dam under construction the dams reservoir will be large enough to hold 74 billion cubic meters of water. On 15 april 2011, the council of ministers renamed it grand ethiopian renaissance dam. Egypt slammed the ethiopian government for the latter criticized the final round of u. Pdf the nile and the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam is just a few kilometres from the. Africa publish your bachelors or masters thesis, dissertation, term paper or essay. Egypt fears that the dam will drastically reduce water flow downstream and thus imperil its national security.
It uses the case of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd constructed on the. Ethiopia, somalia agree to strengthen brotherly relations. The challenges and opportunities of the grand renaissance. Full text of declaration of principles signed by egypt. Oct 20, 2019 a cover of the afaan oromoo version of pm abiys book is displayed in millennium hall. The standoff between the nile riparian countries egypt, sudan and ethiopia over the mega dam project by the latter has taken a new twist. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is an ambitious. The project is owned by ethiopian electric power corporation eepco. He says the west had tried to destroy coptic christianity but islam had. An agreement on the guidelines and annual operation policies of the renaissance dam.
Ethiopias massive new dam threatens egypts nile river. Since the announcement of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd at the outlet of the upper blue nile ubn basin, a con. In a joint statement by the egyptian ministry of foreign affairs. Egypts fear is that the dam puts control of the niles flow into ethiopias hands, and may lead to a reduction in available water.
The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gets set to open. The baro river is a river in southwestern ethiopia, which defines part of ethiopias border with south sudan. The grand renaissance hydroelectric project grhep, formerly known as the millennium project of ethiopia, is being developed on the blue nile river in the ethiopian state of beneshangul gumuz. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam is the new reality. While the three countries foreign ministers are expected to convene in washington to solve disputes, ethiopia. Pdf the soontobe completed grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd, which will be the largest hydroelectric power plant and among the largest.
Ethiopia began the gerd construction on april 2, 2011. A long river, big dam and fight on hands murali pai the grand renaissance dam grd is ethiopias workinprogress to dam up the nile close to its border with sudan. The case of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam getahun kumie masters thesis politics international politics region. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd project is one of the largest hydroelectric dams in the world. Prime minister abiy ahmed is pushing to merge all the ruling ethiopian peoples revolutionary democratic fronts regional member organisations, as well as affiliated ruling parties from other federal states, into a single unit, dissolving their particular national, or ethnic, identities. At the construction site in the benishangul region of ethiopia near the sudanese border, some 8,500 workers are labouring tirelessly every day to build the gigantic grand ethiopian renaissance dam. Open letter to the people of egypt on grand ethiopian. Ethiopia for the first time is combining both the physical power of being. Ethiopia and su dan assert their right to exploit the nile. Oct 24, 2019 in parliament, abiy reportedly said in response to questions on the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. Cooperative filling approaches for the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. Also, the sudanese foreign ministry later held the egyptian side accountable for failure of these negotiations. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
At the end of the works, the grand ethiopian renaissance dam will be the largest dam in africa. Construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam known as gerd is. The water war brewing over the new river nile dam bbc news. Ethnic violence continued especially at universities and ethiopia, egypt and sudan reported progress in talks to resolve dispute over ethiopias construction of grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd on blue nile river. The lack of international finance for projects on the blue nile river have had long been alleged to egypts persistent campaign to maintain presumed hegemony on the nile water share.
Construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam and its implications on egypt crisis management between egypt and ethiopia. The site of the dam was identified when the us bureau of reclamation first made a survey of the blue nile river between 1956 to 1964. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam international rivers. Increased land subsidence and sealevel rise are submerging egypts nile delta coastal margin. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam, by jennifer veilleux, 20. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd constitutes a real crisis for the egyptian regime, where ethiopia several times blamed egypt for the failure of negotiations conducted between sudan, egypt and ethiopia on. Evaluating its sustainability standard and geopolitical significance. One response to open letter to the people of egypt on the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd nileland april 7, 2020 at 2. Apr 23, 2012 ethiopias giant dam muddies the waters downstream in egypt aswan, egypt about 1,287 kilometres south of this egyptian city where.
It will be used to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity a year. Hide footnote first, the gerd will create an unparalleled resource management probleminwaiting. Egypt and ethiopia to begin nile dam mediation talks in the. The project is located approximately 500 km north west of the capital addis ababa, in the region of benishangul gumaz along the blue nile. Apr 20, 2018 ministers of egypt, ethiopia and sudan and their delegations met with the secretary of the treasury and the president of the world bank, participating as observers, to continue negotiations on the filling and operation of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam, in washington, d. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam and the future of the.
Egypt is concerned that ethiopia is moving too fast to complete the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. I applied the combination of methods such as the energywaterfoodecosystem nexus, the swot analysis and the sustainability assessment as they are suitable for. Current status of grand ethiopian renaissance dam youtube. When it is completed it will generate 6000 mega watts of electricity. Strategies for filling the grand ethiopian renaissance dam and impli. In the structural framing of societies, the basic element is the individual human, followed by family and larger group made from many families. An agreement on the guidelines for different scenarios of the first filling of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam reservoir in parallel with the construction of the dam. Background in 2011, ethiopia began building the grand ethiopian renaissance dam project gerdp on the blue nile river in a place called guba, 60 kilometres from sudan, which hold 74 billion. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam formerly known as the millennium dam and. Modelbased optimization for operating the ethiopian. The politics of ethiopian grand millennium dam ethiopia. A new dam on the river nile could trigger the worlds first war about water. The current us administration which has led over four months of negotiation over the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd has warned ethiopia that final testing and filling of the dam should not take place without an agreement with egypt and sudan.
An opportunity for collaboration and shared benefits in the eastern nile basin, op. Upon completion, the threemilelong, 164foothigh dam will feed africas largest hydroelectric power plant, which is capable of producing 5,250 megawatts of energy. Description for grand ethiopian renaissance dam ethiopia the grand ethiopian renaissance dam project is a majestic hydroelectric plant, which was born in the 60s from the imagination of giorgio pietrangeli, concerning a vast and farsighted plan to exploit the blue nile potential for hydroelectric purposes and improve management of this huge water resource. Reuters cited libyan authorities as the source of the news, the kind of news. Benefit of grand ethiopian renaissance dam project gerdp. Students clashed at arsi university in oromia region 3 dec and at gondar university 8 dec, one student reportedly killed. Pdf agreement on declaration of principles on the grand.
In the ethiopian master plan project 3, mabil dam is replaced by biko abo see fig. Modelling for power generation sector in developing countries. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam and the blue nile. The foreign ministers of egypt, ethiopia and sudan are. Located about 20 miles from the sudan border, gerd is projected to produce 6,000 megawatts of electricity for both domestic use and for exportation. Dec 23, 2019 the ministry of foreign affairs and the ministry of water, irrigation and energy of the federal democratic republic of ethiopia noted with disappointment the statement issued by the united states department of treasury on the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd released on 28 february 2020, following a meeting held without ethiopias. Grand ethiopian renaissance dam dam project, ethiopia. The development of great ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is causing political escalation of tensions between ethiopia and egypt based on current issues and the expectations for requirements that must be met before the completion of the dam construction. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd is estimated to cost close to 5 billion us dollars, about 7% of the of the 2016 ethiopian gross national product. With the largest area under cereal production in the nile basin, agricultural water withdrawal constitutes 97% of the total water withdrawal in the sudan. Structure of the presentation political geography of the nile the nile basin initiative nbi the nile basin cooperative framework agreement cfa the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd. The construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd on the blue nile.
Ethiopia began construction of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd on the blue nile river. Ethiopia to skip nile dam talks in us with egypt, sudan. Ethiopia s highland waterfalls, from where the blue nile begins. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd constitutes a real crisis for the egyptian regime, where ethiopia several times blamed egypt for the failure of negotiations conducted between sudan, egypt and ethiopia on the dam. Water issues in the horn of africa society for conservation. Ethiopia officially announced the renaissance dam project on march, 2011 only one day before the contract to build it was signed with the italian company, salini costruttori. Legal seafood ethiopian registrar newsbreaking newsyour.
Grand ethiopian renaissance dam versus aswan high dam. Before joining the university of exeter, he worked as a consulting. The nonhegemon may combine the apparent consent towards. This thesis scrutinizes whether the construction of gerd induces cooperation or dispute amongst ethiopia, egypt and sudan. How efficient is the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. Ethiopia s hydropower binge, seen particularly in the controversial renaissance dam, raises questions about the nature of its objectives and their legitimacy, by hdeel abdelhady.
The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd or taihige. Ethiopia announced in april 2011 that it intends to build four large dams on the nile, including one of the largest in the world, the grand ethiopian renaissance dam formerly known as project x or the grand millennium dam. Ethiopia has a potential for about 45 gw of hydropower. A vast section of northern ethiopia has been turned into a giant building site. It contains political and cultural news, as well as country profiles and updated regularly. The grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd, formerly known as the millennium dam, is under construction in the benishangulgumuz region of ethiopia, on the blue nile river, which is located about 40km east of sudan. Gerd, benefit sharing, transboundary rivers, eastern nile.