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Melake Menkirat Girma Wondimu contributes 545,000 birr for the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Memihir Girma gathers the money from his followers who are living in and abroad the country. Quoting the bible he said that Nile / Abay river is the second largest river in the world which surrounds Ethiopia is our river gifted by God. Gion in Hebrew means huge or big. we must unite and contribute a lot to finish the Dam which is our national symbol.
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Benefits of the Grand Renaissance Project
At the completion of the project, the average generation of 15,759 Giga watt hours per year will have a significant contribution to the national electricity system. The contribution of this project will be higher to reach the targets set by the rural electrification villages and to increase the supply from 44% to 90%.
The major components of the project
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 1,547 m3/s.
The reservoir area will cover 1,874 square kilometers at full supply level of 640 meters above sea level maximum amd 590 metres 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