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Ethiopia has begun generating electricity at its new 5,000-MW roller-compacted concrete gravity-type dam on the Nile River. The first 375 MW went to the national grid on Feb. 20.
Built on ruins of a synagogue originally erected nearly 670 years ago, one of the oldest synagogues in the Middle East was bombed by the French in 1800 before being rebuilt 50 years later.
Its monumental architecture gives the parliament complex a historical look, although the design and construction techniques, especially for the classically inspired dome, are unmistakably modern.
Egyptian wastewater reclamation facility, just east of the Suez Canal, holds two Guinness world records and can treat more than 2 billion cu m of wastewater annually; completed on time and on budget, it is set to spur development in the Sinai Peninsula.
Renovating the historic Nile Ritz-Carlton hotel in Cairo involved not only upgrading more than 300 guest rooms, restaurants and meeting rooms and adding a conference center, ballroom and underground parking.
Siemens AG has installed the first of two 400-MW turbines at the Beni Suef combined-cycle power plant in Egypt, a major milestone in the construction of three Egyptian power plants that will have a total capacity of 14.4 GW
French engineering, design and project management firm Artelia has been picked to replace Deltares—an independent Dutch institute for applied research in water and subsurface—in a contract to study the impact of the $4 billion Great Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the flow of the Nile River.
Investigating safety concerns posed by the $4.8-billion Grand Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia, a joint committee comprising representatives from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, among others, recently made its last trip to the hydropower-plant site before compiling its report.