Ethiopia: UN Iran Sanction Delays Electric Export

An international sanction imposed by the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Iran has caused an expensive delay in Ethiopia's bid to export electricity to Sudan.

Financed by the World Bank's 41 million dollars loan, the state utility monopoly, the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EPPCo), had planned to start the sale of electric power to Sudan, beginning in May 2012, with a 100Mw. This is very unlikely to happen for the 9.6 million dollars project to install substations in Bahir Dar and Gonder, in Amhara Regional State, as well as in Shehedi

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