Sudan: Roseires dam to be raised


Issue 138 - 10 May 2008 | 1 minute read

China’s Sinohydro Corporation and China International Water and Electric Corporation (CWE) have signed a contract worth $396m to raise the height of the Roseires dam on the Blue Nile. The contract, signed on 27 April, will increase the dam’s height by ten metres, doubling the power generation potential of the 280MW plant in southern Sudan.

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