Chemoga Yeda 260MW hydroelectric power plant

Overview:

• Chemoga Yeda 260MW hydroelectric power plant.
• The Ethiopian government and Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) is seeking developers and financing for a new hydroelectric power project at Chemoga Yeda on a tributary of the Blue Nile.
• Sinohydro had been the original developer of the project, which was supposed to be completed by 2015, however this arrangement was later cancelled.
• Posco Engineering & Contracting and Shikun & Binui Group are believed to have expressed interest in developing the project.
• The project is part of a wider plan to increase the country's renewable energy generation capacity.

Sam Duke - Editor