Ethiopia has been planning to become the first African country to export renewable energy, but in the meantime, it is establishing vital transmission lines to supply its neighbors with power. The East African country began exporting 35 MW of electricity per month to Djibouti for a price tag of $1.5 million.
Now the Ethiopia Electric and Power Corp. (EEPCO) has announced that the power transmission line connecting Ethiopia and Sudan would be completed by Q1 2012. The World Bank injected $41 million for the 230 kV transmission line which will span over 296 km from Bahir-Dar and Metema in Ethiopia to Gedaref, Sudan.
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