By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
April 25, 2011(ADDIS ABABA) – As part of the plans to export electric power to neighbouring countries, Ethiopia has completed installation of power transmission lines that stretch to Sudan and Djibouti, the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) disclosed on Monday. Ethiopia has an initial agreement to supply 200 megawatts to Djibouti, 500 megawatts to Kenyaand 200 megawatts to Sudan when its dams, which are currently under construction, are completed. It will also consider a 26km undersea transmission line for exporting electricity to Yemen via Djibouti. The interconnection projects were carried out with a multi-million dollars fund from the World Bank (WB). The WB said a similar US$196 million project that connects Ethiopia with Kenya is making good progress...[continued]
