Ethiopia's GERD turbines start spinning as Kenya ready to buy power

Initial construction works on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in June 2013. The Sh542 billion project put Ethiopia and Egypt at loggerheads over the use of the River Nile waters. [AP]

Ethiopia Thursday started power production from the second turbine of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd), doubling the power production capacity from the hydroelectricity dam.

This is even as Kenya readies to start importing huge amounts of power from the neighbouring country in November following the signing of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between Kenya Power and Ethiopian Electric Power last month.