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· The project is implemented by the Indian company Larson and Turbo carried out the construction under the guidance of a German –Swiss based company MVV Energie
· Ginchi Power Distribution Station of Ethiopia , built at a cost of US$8.4 million and located in west Oromia has gone on stream
· The high capacity power distribution station can host up to ten power lines, each of which can in turn hold up to 15 kilovolts lines
Ginchi Power Distribution Station of Ethiopia , built at a cost of US$8.4 million and located in west Oromia has gone on stream. The high capacity power distribution station can host up to ten power lines, each of which can in turn hold up to 15 kilovolts lines.
Seleshi Bekele, Ethiopia’s Minister of Water, Irrigation, and Energy, said the Ginchi Power Distribution Station will be “crucial” in addressing the demands for electricity in the area. Of late, the Ethiopian government has been investing heavily in the energy sector. It is giving focus to investing in solar, hydropower, geothermal, and other renewable resources.
The power station will help expedite ecotourism and will power manufacturing industries, which will create more jobs for the local population. A lion’s share of investments (85 percent) of the US$8.4 million used to build the Ginchi Power Distribution Station has been financed through a loan from French Development Bank. The Ethiopian government chipped in the remaining 15 percent. The project is implemented by the Indian company Larson and Turbo carried out the construction under the guidance of a German –Swiss based company MVV Energie.
