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    The Gilgel Gibe III Dam is a 250m high roller-compacted concrete dam with an associated hydroelectric power plant on the Omo River in Ethiopia. It is located...
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  • The Gilgel Gibe I Dam is a rock-filled embankment dam on the Gilgel Gibe River in Ethiopia. It is located about 57 km (35 mi) northeast of Jimma in Oromia...
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  • The Gilgel Gibe II Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Omo River in Ethiopia. It is located about 80 km (50 mi) east of Jimma in Wolaita/Dawro...
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    Lake Turkana (section Dams)
    Turkana is now threatened by the construction of the Gilgel Gibe III Dam in Ethiopia due to the damming of the Omo river which supplies most of the lake's...
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    roller-compacted concrete dams. By 2008, about 350 RCC dams existed worldwide. As of 2018, the highest dam of this type was the Gilgel Gibe III Dam in Ethiopia, at...
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    which also served as primary contractor for the Gilgel Gibe II, Gilgel Gibe III and Tana Beles dams. Simegnew Bekele was the project manager of GERD...
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    boundaries. The second-biggest hydroelectric power generation dam in Ethiopia, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, is being built on Omo river between Dawuro and Wolayita...
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  • organization has worked to stop the construction of the Ethiopian Gilgel Gibe III Dam on the Omo River, Lake Turkana's primary source of water. Due to...
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    the dams stationed in Blue Nile and tributaries, Awash, Shebelle, Omo and Gilgel Gibe rivers. The government is constructing new hydroelectric dam and...
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  • Dam and Lake Nasser Aswan Low Dam Djibloho Dam Mai Nefhi Toker Dam Beles Fincha Gilgel Gibe I Dam Gilgel Gibe III Dam Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam...
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  • contract to develop the transmission line to Addis Ababa for the Gilgel Gibe III Dam. In September 2010 in Zambia, the state power company ZESCO signed...
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    downstream of the Gilgel Gibe I Dam also on the Gilgel Gibe River with which it forms a hydroelectric cascade. The Gibe III Hydroelectric dam is a 243 metres...
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    livelihoods are massive state-led ventures like construction of the Gilgel Gibe III Dam (completed in 2016) that eliminated river-bank cultivation and led...
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  • 2012-09-05, retrieved 2010-03-11 Gezhouba Hydroelectric Dam[usurped] "Ethiopia's massive Gilgel Gibe III Dam starts power generation". 2015-10-13. Archived from...
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    Arsi-Oromo, Southward by Lake Abaya and Kucha, westward by Omo River. Gilgel Gibe III Dam is a hydroelectric power plant built on Omo river; and with the capacity...
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    because ICBC is involved in the financing of the controversial Gilgel Gibe III Dam in Ethiopia. ICBC is among other state-owned banks to receive regulatory...
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    potential problem for the future. For example, the damming of the Omo river by the Gilgel Gibe III Dam together with the plan to use 30% to 50% of the water...
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  • list of the tallest dams in the world over 135 m (443 ft) in height. The tallest dam in the world is the Jinping-I Dam, an arch dam in China at 305 m (1...
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    like Hawassa and Mekelle industrial park, Addis Ababa Light Rail, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, the new Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway, as well as Bahir Dar Stadium...
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    Natural: (viii), (x) 161,485 (399,040) 1997 2018– Impact of Ethiopia's Gilgel Gibe III Dam on the lake's flow and ecosystem Landmarks of Ancient Kingdom of...
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  • Danger in 2018, primarily due to the potential impact of Ethiopia's Gilgel Gibe III Dam. Lamu Old Town KenLamu,  Kenya 2°16′05″S 40°54′07″E / 2.268°S 40...
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    particular for her voicing of environmental implications of the Gilgel Gibe III Dam, speaking on behalf of Kenyan indigenous communities. She is the...
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    Danger in 2018, primarily due to the potential impact of Ethiopia's Gilgel Gibe III Dam. Lamu Old Town KenLamu,  Kenya 2°16′05″S 40°54′07″E / 2.268°S 40...
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  • generators than Gilgel Gibe III is considered to get a live volume of only 5.2 km3. Koysha will depend on the cascade with Gibe III and is considered...
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  • border between Ethiopia and Kenya. Ethiopia decided to build the Gilgel Gibe III Dam on the Omo River to provide hydropower electricity to Ethiopia as...
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  • bidding. This is the case of the Gilgel Gibe I dam built by the Italian firm Salini under World Bank financing and the Tekeze dam built by the Chinese firm CWHEC...
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  • First line of the Addis Ababa Light Rail opens. 10 October - The Gilgel Gibe III Dam begins to generate power. 21 November - 2015 CECAFA Cup, hosted in...
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  • Majes, Peru Hydroelectric Projects on the Gilgel Gibe River (Gilgel Gibe I, II, III), Ethiopia Ridracoli Dam, Italy Italy portal Companies portal List...
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  • dominating with 89.7% and wind power with 7.6%. The completion of Gilgel Gibe III in 2015/16 added another 1870 MW capacity to the country's power production...
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    Hydropower Dams built in Ethiopia provided over 1,500 MW of capacity by 2010. The four largest dams were built between 2004 and 2010. Gilgel Gibe III added...
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