ENTRO Power Trade Study
Project Introduction
Client: Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO)
Duration: 2006 - 2008
Project Background
This very interesting and challenging project involves a study
of the potential for export of power from hydropower projects in
Sudan and Ethiopia to Egypt by means of a 2000 km transmission
line.
In Phase 1, two potential dams and hydropower projects on the
River Nile in Ethiopia (Mandaya and Border) and one potential site
in Sudan (Dal-1) will be studied at pre-feasibility level,
including strategic environmental and social impact assessment.
In Phase 2, a full feasibility study will be undertaken of the
transmission line including environmental and social impact
assessment. The study also includes a detailed assessment of the
power market and presentation of proposals for power trading.
Project Scope
Scott Wilson is providing high-level expertise in the following
fields:
- Power market assessment.
- River basin modelling and energy assessment.
- Hydrological assessment.
- Geological appraisal.
- Pre-feasibility studies of dam and hydropower sites at Mandaya,
Border and Dal-1.
- Economic and financial analysis.
- Environmental and social impact assessment of hydropower
projects and the transmission line from Ethiopia to Cairo.
Value Adding Project Achievements
The three hydroelectric projects under study would make a major
contribution to regional electricity supplies, generating 3600 MW
and over 20 billion kWh of electricity, and displacing more than
700 million tonnes of CO2 over 50 years. The schemes in Ethiopia
would reduce the impact of flooding in Sudan and reduce sediment
loads affecting Sudan’s existing schemes.
