A recent photo of the Renaissance Dam, taken today, Thursday, revealed that the amount of storage in the third filling has so far reached 9 billion cubic meters.
The Egyptian expert, Dr. Abbas Sharaki, said that the third storage is approaching today, following 32 days have passed since the beginning of storage on July 11, of 9 billion cubic meters, with a total of 17 billion cubic meters at the level of 600 meters above sea level, noting that it is expected that The flood water passes over the middle passage within hours.
A graph of the water level in the Renaissance Dam
He revealed that the first storage in 2020 amounted to regarding 5 billion cubic meters, and the second in 2021 amounted to 3 billion cubic meters with a total of 8 billion cubic meters, adding that turbine No. 10 was commissioned on February 20.
On Thursday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed called on both Egypt and Sudan to continue the dialogue on the Renaissance Dam, following Ethiopia officially announced it. Commissioning of the second turbine of the Renaissance Dam.
The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation said that the second turbine in the Renaissance Dam has begun to generate electric power, while the Ethiopian “Fana” radio reported that the “ninth unit” of the dam will start producing electricity with a capacity of 270 megawatts, noting that the tenth unit is currently generating the same amount, bringing the total to 540 megawatts. .
Renaissance Dam (archive)
Egyptian objection to the United Nations
In a letter to the UN Security Council, Egypt had warned of cracks extending in the concrete facade of the sub-dam linked to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. It also registered an objection to the United Nations and announced its total rejection of Ethiopia’s continuation of filling the Renaissance Dam unilaterally without an agreement with it and Sudan.
Cairo said that this is an explicit violation of the 2015 Declaration of Principles agreement and a grave violation of the applicable rules of international law, which obligate Ethiopia, as the upstream country, not to harm the rights of downstream countries.
She indicated that she had sought, during the negotiations that took place over the past years, to reach a fair and equitable agreement on the Renaissance Dam, but Ethiopia failed all the efforts and endeavors that were made to resolve this crisis.
