Filling Africa’s largest hydropower dam should consider engineering realities

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River will double Ethiopia’s electricity generation and reduce the Nile flow to Sudan and Egypt during reservoir filling. We argue that multi-country negotiations over the initial filling and long-term operation of the GERD reservoir should not...

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Main Authors: Basheer, M, Wheeler, KG, Elagib, NA, Etichia, M, Zagona, EA, Abdo, GM, Harou, JJ
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cell Press 2020