Alstom Contracted for Phase I of Ethiopia's 6,000-Megawatt Hydro Project
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 01:45 AM EST
JOHANNESBURG--January 10, 2013--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance hydropower dam project will be the largest in Africa when it is completed, with a full power generating capacity of 6,000 megawatts (MW). The project has had a difficult history, with Egypt objecting that it impairs the downstream flow of the river. Other companies featured: Alstom S.A. (OTC:ALSMY)