In a contribution to the region’s most hotly contested cross-border issue, an academic study published on 8 April in Nature Energy has argued for the coupling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) with variable solar and wind power from within the East African Power Pool (EAPP). This could overcome the conflicting interests of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over the future operation of Africa’s largest hydropower plant, the study, written by researchers from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, KU Leuven, the University of Bonn and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research claimed.
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