The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) has launched the construction of a hydroelectric generation plant projected to have a generation capacity of 6,000MW, three times more than what all its dams currently operating are producing, reliable sources disclosed to Fortune.
Known among senior managers of the EEPCo, its board of directors, and top government officials as Project X, this brand-new project forms part of the three dams the corporation plans to initiate this fiscal year, in its bid to meet the 10,000MW generation plan the administration of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has envisaged in the GTP.
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