Grand Ethiopian Renaissances Dam – Office of the National Council
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissances Dam is being constructed for the purpose of generating electricity with total installed capacity of average annual energy production of about 15,759 GWh/yr. Discharge rate about 547 m3/s. The reservoir area will cover 1,874 square kilometers at full supply level of 640 meters above sea level maximum and 590 meters minimum. It has a 1.8 km length and 145 m height Roller Compacted Concrete dam. Saddle Dam embankment of length 5.2 km and height 50 m.
The total storage volume is 74 billion cubic meters
The dam is 1,780 meters long and 145 meters high and the RCC’s full size of 10.2 million cubic meters is under construction on the Nile River.
Construction of drilling, cleaning, dental concrete, and RCC (Roller Compact Concrete) is underway in the construction of the dam, which has so far been completed with a total of 8.06 million RCC inserts. This is based on lower cement and cost savings technology. The project’s construction include the two main diversion of the river and construction of relative construction processes , boating boats that serve the water needs of each of the power plants and the water needs of the lowland countries to each of the power stations..
