Africa's Biggest Hydropower Plant to Supply Power to Sudan

  • Transmission line will link Ethiopia dam with Sudanese capital
  • Two nations have ‘political agreement’ on boosting supply
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Sudan will receive electricity from Ethiopia’s flagship dam via a transmission line once Africa’s biggest hydropower plant is complete, the two countries’ leaders said.

The 500 kilovolt line will connect the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River with Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Tuesday.