The cooperative in tekeze produce the fish using tekeze hydroelectric dam and suppliessale to the consumers located around the nearby we reda. Tekeze dam watershed has mean annual stream flow of 7. Central statistical agency website accessed 25 october 2015. Feasibility study of small hydropower schemes in giba and. Before attempting to open an dam file, youll need to determine what kind of file you are dealing with and whether it is even possible to open or view the file format. The seasonal fish market is in full swing, with the advent of the easter lenten season. However, like other seasonal fish, the year round market for fish is still strong. Electricity passes over a village resettled for kariba dam, zimbabwe. The dam site of the large hydropower on the tekeze tk5 is located in abe merdanos. Both dam sites have generally favourable topographic conditions with the hills rising more than 50 m above the considered crest levels. The power plant was designed to accommodate four 75mw units, with three of these to be.
Tekeze haydro power project, mekelle, tigray, ethiopia. Tekeze dam is a hydroelectric dam on the tekeze river, a tributary of the nile that flows through one of the deepest gorges in the world and is 608 km long. Potential dam safety concerns for this 150 mile long embankment structure centerd on seepage and internal erosion potential failure modes. Ethiopias tekeze dam limps into operation by other news sources on november 23, 2009 5 comments november 23, 2009 the vastly overbudget and longdelayed tekeze hydroelectric in ethiopia is finally finished. International journal of sociology and anthropology. In the period between 1996 and 2001, 46 reservoir dams with a cumulative. It would have been another scandal to add to the file. Pdf assessment of fish postharvest losses in tekeze dam. The total capacity of the aswan reservoir 162 bcm consists of dead storage of 31. Cuanza river cambambe dam, cambambe 2 dam, capanda dam, lauka dam, nyanga dam 2. Ethiopias renewable energy power potential and development. Cunene river gove dam, jamba ya mina, jamba ya oma, matala dam. Cooperation and practice in river basin management case.
Tekeze hydro power project is comprised of a double curvature logarithmic spiral concrete arch dam and appurtenant works, two river diversion tunnels, a 75m high power intake structure, power waterways headrace tunnels, vertical pressure shaft, manifold, and four steel lined penstocks and four tailrace tunnels, an underground powerhouse containing four 75mw francis turbines, outlet works, a 230kv substation and a 105km long double circuit transmission line, connecting to the ethiopian. In this paper, we use the seven commonly shared strategic priorities prescribed by the world commission on dams wcd to evaluate the sustainability standard and geopolitical significance of the. Tekeze hydroelectric dam has a total capacity of generation 300 megawatts of electric power. Identification and prioritization of subwatersheds for land and water management in tekeze dam watershed, northern ethiopia article pdf available march 2016 with 1,140 reads how we measure. To achieve this objective, the study primarily used qualitative techniques of data collection. Feasibility study of small hydropower schemes in giba and worie subbasins of tekeze river, ethiopia niguse abebe department of water resources and irrigation engineering, aksum university, ethiopia email of the corresponding author. Tekeze dam is a doublecurvature arch dam in the tigray region of northern ethiopia on the tekeze river, a nile tributary that flows through one of the deepest canyons in the world. It is situated on the tekeze river, a tributary of the nile that flows through one of the deepest canyons in the world. The canyon which it has created is the deepest in africa and one of the deepest in the world. Assessment of fish postharvest losses in tekeze dam and. Ecohydrogeological challenges on ethiopian water projects and their impacts on annual water share of egypt.
The koka dam 11500km2 was commissioned in 1960, and the mean annual runoff into koka reservoir amounts 1660mm3. However, tk5 tekeze dam site five was finally selected to be the dam site. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling. Issn 23472677 assessment of fishery activities for. Ethiopias tekeze dam limps into operation probe international. It is located about 62 km 39 mi west of sodo in the southern nations, nationalities, and peoples region. This is the same version published by oreilly in 2009, with a new cover. Tekeze hydro power project is comprised of a double curvature logarithmic spiral concrete arch dam and appurtenant works, two river diversion tunnels, a 75m high power intake structure, power waterways headrace tunnels, vertical pressure shaft, manifold, and four steel lined penstocks and four tailrace tunnels, an underground powerhouse containing four 75mw francis turbines, outlet works, a 230kv. Pdf climate change impact on the hydrology of tekeze basin. Collect and share lessons learned from past dam failuresincidents with the asdso membership. Design and performance of community based irrigation in. Abutment stability analyses and design solutions for tekeze dam. The false description of the tekeze river as eritrean and located in eritrea is interesting.
Total mean annual water resources of the awash river basin amounts to some. So spoke sun yue, director of the international department of the stateowned china water. The tekeze river basin has a catchments area of about 68751km2 with in ethiopia as measured from a 1. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. This infrastructure is of type hydro power plant with a design capacity of 300 mwe. Dam is any artificial barrier and its appurtenant works constructed for the purpose of holding water or any other fluid.
Overview of tekeze hydroelectric power plant general the ethiopian electric power corporation constructed the tekeze hydro electric power plant as part of the countrys general development plan with the aim of expanding the electric power generation capacity. Fish species diversity in major river basins of ethiopia. The purpose is to increase the life span of the recently constructed tekeze hydropower dam. The length of the tekeze river from its source down to the sudanese border is more than 600 km. The tekeze river is a tributary of the nile, running through the northern tigray region and then into eritrea. Tekeze river, major tributary of the atbara river, itself a tributary of the nile. Page 1 of 18 dams planned for african rivers this information is compiled by international rivers networks africa program the information below is not comprehensive. Agulae and giba dam site are not viable from giba subbasin. Convert and create pdf from various types of files like word doc, excel xls, powerpoint ppt.
Pdf converter is a online webbased document to pdf converter software. The country has large fish species diversity in its lakes, rivers and reservoirs. The construction of water projects in the nile basin region in ethiopia has produced political tensions between egypt and ethiopia over the construction of tekeze in 2009, the tanabeles diversion in 2010, and the underconstruction grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd that has started in april 2011. However, with the growth of the population and the spread of industry. The gorge canyon which it has created is the deepest in africa and one of the deepest in the world, at. Ethiopia completes construction of africas tallest dam. The fresh water fish fauna of ethiopia contains a mixture of nilo sudanic, east african.
Overview of tekeze hydroelectric power plant general. Bringing poverty not power terri hathaway and lori pottinger from the international rivers network explain why big hydro is widening the gap between africas rich and poor. Aug 12, 2002 the tekeze dam will help irrigate large tracts of northern ethiopia. Due to this future change of streamflow, an input to reservoir operation, climate change scenarios should be. Agency and shape files of the tekeze river basin generated from. It administrators access it from a webbased portal to set up new user accounts, control access to features and see the status of all office 365 services and tools. Bbc news business work starts on giant ethiopian dam. Primary data collecting methods like participatory observation, unstructured, semistructured and indepth interviews, focus.
It rises near lalibela, ethiopia, and flows north and then west, where it serves as part of the border between ethiopia and eritrea, to enter sudan. Dam is double curvature concrete arch dam with an overall height of 185m. Feasibility study of small hydropower schemes in giba and worie subbasins of tekeze river, ethiopia. Tekeze dam is a doublecurvature arch dam located on the border of amhara and tigray. 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 with chinese financing. In addition, the main rivers, namely the upper and lower awash river basin, the tekeze basin, the lake tana basin, baro river basin, omo river basin, and the koka dam could be at a heightened risk of flooding and requires close monitoring and prepositioning of relief items. Generally more than 200 fish species found in ethiopia. This project is done in collaboration with the department of land resource management and environmental protection. Earth dam is made by compacting excavated earth obtained from a borrow area. Identification and prioritization of subwatersheds for land and water. Increase power generation capacity from 2,000 mw to 10,000 mw increase grid access from 41 % to 75% of the population double grid connections from 2 m to 4 m households increase households supplied with at least one kind of modern, efficient and renewable energy sourcetechnology from 16 % to 80 %. Tekeze dam tekeze dam is a doublecurvature arch dam located on the border of amhara and tigray region of ethiopia. It joins the atbara river 35 miles 55 km northwest of gedaref, sudan.
The dam axiss is defined by the following coordinates. List of tallest dams in the world 1 list of tallest dams in the world this list is incomplete. This is a list of the tallest dams in the world over 5 m 443 ft in height. Genale gd6 hydropower project feasibility study final report. Ministry of water and energy june 22, 20 abu dhabi, uae by dereje derbew ethiopias renewable energy power potential and development opportunities. However, soon afterwards the ethiopian government changed its policy and decided to. The gilgel gibe iii dam is a 250 m high rollercompacted concrete dam with an associated hydroelectric power plant on the omo river in ethiopia. This video clip of tekeze river and dam was shot by me from a bombardier q400 at 20,000 feet flying from gondar to aksum, ethiopia. At the time of completion, the 188 metres 617 ft high dam is said to be africas largest arch dam.
Nov 28, 2009 ethiopias tekeze dam fiasco by other news sources on november 28, 2009 1 comment november 28, 2009 the recently completed tekeze hydroelectric dam in ethiopia is said to be the largest public works project in africa. And at 185 meters ten meters higher than the three gorges dam, the tekeze dam, built on a tributary. Dam extension are known as deltamaster analysis model files, however other file types may also use this extension. Peter bosshard, policy director for international rivers, one of the groups involved in the campaign against gibe iii pdf, says that international groups. Jonathan troke jon is a chartered civil engineer with 20 years experience in water engineering and has worked for the mwh dams team since 2003. The development of tekeze hydroelectric plant involved the construction of a 188m high, mass concrete double curvature arch dam, spanning 450m across a 350m deep natural gorge, two river diversion tunnels, an underground powerhouse, water conveyance tunnels and outlet works, a variety of hydromechanical and electromechanical equipment, substation. Energy 38progressmagazine africas large dams more than 1 270 at last count have consistently been built at the expense of rural communities, who have been forced.
Renaissance dam water conflict will pass down generations. He has spent the last six years in the supervision of large dam projects. Ecohydrogeological challenges on ethiopian water projects and. Furthermore, they distributed to retailers and hotels at.
The dam consists of four turbines, generating 300 mw of electricity together. Even more interesting is the proposed dam site along the shared section of the river, and the design specifications that place the main irrigation canal in eritrea. Ethiopia is now proceeding with the design and construction of a tekeze dam that will truly benefit ethiopia. China exim bank, us engineering design by us company harza, france coyne et bellier did environmental assessment this 185meter hydro dam on a tributary of the blue nile is just one of several large. Coffee is the main crop and contributes about 10% to the gross domestic product and employs about 15 million people, or 25% of the population. Genale gd6 hydropower project feasibility study final. Recommended software programs are sorted by os platform windows, macos, linux, ios, android etc. This study has been conducted to identify and prioritize the most. Nov 23, 2009 ethiopias tekeze dam limps into operation by other news sources on november 23, 2009 5 comments november 23, 2009 the vastly overbudget and longdelayed tekeze hydroelectric in ethiopia is finally finished. Every day thousands of users submit information to us about which programs they use to open specific types of files.
Assessment of fish postharvest losses in tekeze dam and lake. Pdf identification and prioritization of subwatersheds. Assessment of fish postharvest losses in tekeze dam and lake hashenge fishery associations. Tekeze dam is for ethiopia what three gorges is for china. Entro kira power station jinja, uganda high aswan dam gerd dam under construction. The study was conducted in two water bodies of tigray, northern ethiopia. And at 185 meters ten meters higher than the three gorges dam, the tekeze dam, built on a tributary of the nile, promises to bring the kinds of serious environmental and social.
The main objective of this study is to investigate the major social and economic consequences entailed by the tekeze dam on local populations inhabiting wag hemra zone. The tekeze or takkaze river also spelled takkaze, is a major river of ethiopia. The dam and hydropower plant are located in the treska river canyon, at the. Refining the impoverishment risks and reconstruction irr. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. Read here what the dam file is, and what application you need to open or convert it. Tekeze dam is found at a coordinates 21 north and 38 45 extraction of oc pesticides in fish and sediment samples east, at an altitude of 970 m above mean sea level. Increasing power stability and providing access to light, heat, and water. The basin has an average elevation of 1,850 m above sea level and a catchment area of about 68,000 km2. Engineering geology considerations for specifying dam foundation objectives william a.
A number of studies have been done to potential projects in different basin countries, but many of these schemes may have transboundary consequences and there have been reports of tensions between countries. Tekeze hydropower dam in ethiopia resume producing 150mw. So spoke sun yue, director of the international department of the stateowned china water resources and hydropower engineering corporation sinohydro. At some potential dam sites, the riverbed is below 80m from the near by field cosaert wapcos 2001. African dams briefing 2010 map index international rivers. Currently, the tallest dam in the world is the jinpingi dam, an arch dam in china at 305 m 1,001 ft high. Microsoft office 365 suite is a hosted, online version of microsoft office software. The remaining 1, 500 km2 is located to the south of the river in.
Cooperation and practice in river basin management case study kees sloff. Tekeze river forms the wide plain from guluj to omhager, which is located in eritrea. Northern ethiopia article pdf available in agriculture and food security 61 december 2017 with. This dam site is characterized by a step narrow gorge. The study is to be conducted within one year to identify the type of dam to be constructed and estimate how much each dam will cost. At awash st ation the annual runoff decreases to 60 mm 3 depleted largely by losses from koka dam by upper valley irrigation diversions figure 3. After the construction of the high aswan dam, completed in 1970, no storage was added to the nile basin till 2009 when the tekezze dam with capacity of 9. Tekeze dam water power and dam construction 2009 04 april. This should be welcome news for overseas purchasers, as well as the many people who have asked for the book in electronic continue reading the dam book now available in pdf. Jul 08, 20 as of today, you can now purchase the dam book, 2nd edition as a pdf file for digital download. Tekeze dam water power and dam construction 2009 04 april free download as pdf file. Ethiopias controversial dam project peter moszynski. Water demand, use and hydraulic infrastructure chapter 7. The river is also known as the setit in eritrea, western ethiopia, and eastern sudan.
Detentionretention basin is any structure that functions as a dam. Pdf residues analysis of organochlorine pesticides in. Tekeze hydroelectric power plant ethiopia is located at amhara, ethiopia. When the lack of natural resources and the cost of imported fuels in ethiopia led to energy shortages and imposed blackouts for residents, the ethiopian electric power corp eepco needed a new solution. Maintain and update the dam failure investigation guideline through ongoing committee research into past dam failures and investigation practices of others. The past and the future of flood management in the eastern nile. All file types, file format descriptions, and software programs listed on this page have been individually researched and verified by the fileinfo team. Pdf abutment stability analyses and design solutions for. Pdf climate change impact on tekeze basin hydrology was studied using. In this dam it was seen the crops under irrigation and farmers in action. The high aswan dam had was completed on the river nile in.
And at 185 meters ten meters higher than the three gorges dam, the tekeze dam, built on a tributary of the nile, promises to bring the kinds of serious. Department is the department of environmental conservation dec. Out of this, 35288 km2 or 51% lies in tigray and 27617 km2 or 40% in amhara. Our goal is to help you understand what a file with a. With the recommissioning of the two turbines tekeze will now be able to generate a total of 225 megawatts of electricity, according to mr. Two students from stakeholder organizations ministry of. Expert supervision during construction and trial operation.
Sorry for the hazy quality, thanks to the fuzzy plane window. In tekeze reservoir there were 2291 legal fishermen from four districts of amhara region and one district from tigray region, 608 boats and two different types of fishing gears were identified. While we do not yet have a description of the dam file format and what it is normally used for, we do know which programs are known to open these files. Tekeze dam is a doublecurvature arch dam located on the border of amhara and tigray region of ethiopia. The low land part of the tekeze river basin consists of about 1500km2 area, which is almost flat land wowrnedeco 1996. The first unit was commissioned in 2009 and the last in 2009. Pdf identification and prioritization of subwatersheds for land and. Guidelines for design of dams table of contents section title page preface to the january 1 1989 edition 1 introduction 2 2 definitions 3 3 hazard classification 5 4 design and construction documents 5 5 hydrologic criteria 7. Several dam sites further downstream were considered, but all options increases the dam volume to an unacceptable level. Ecohydrogeological challenges on ethiopian water projects. Pdf climate change impact on the hydrology of tekeze. Hydro power in ethiopia the staged construction of. Bringing poverty, not power to africa large hydro dams do not lift all boatsin fact, they increase the gap between energy haves and havenots.
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