{"id":10020,"date":"2016-02-08T08:25:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T13:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/?p=10020"},"modified":"2016-02-08T08:25:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T13:25:34","slug":"egypt-withdraws-from-east-african-power-pool-over-gerd-dam-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/10020","title":{"rendered":"Egypt Withdraws from East African Power Pool Over GERD Dam Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/b4787a4a5d6711adf08fa27fc1cba139_XL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-9855 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/b4787a4a5d6711adf08fa27fc1cba139_XL-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"b4787a4a5d6711adf08fa27fc1cba139_XL\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/b4787a4a5d6711adf08fa27fc1cba139_XL-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/b4787a4a5d6711adf08fa27fc1cba139_XL-220x176.jpg 220w, http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/b4787a4a5d6711adf08fa27fc1cba139_XL.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Egypt has pulled away from the East African Power Pool (EAPP) after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2016\/02\/07\/egypt-pulls-out-of-regional-power-pull\/\">refusing to sign<\/a> a regional energy master plan due to concerns over the construction of hydropower projects along the Nile River \u2013 its only source of fresh water.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt\u2019s fears over the potential effects the construction of dams along the Nile will have on its water supply have long been established. Cairo has been particularly concerned over the construction of Ethiopia\u2019s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD).<\/p>\n<p>Although Egypt is a member of the EAPP, established in 2005, the country has consistently expressed concerns over the organization\u2019s master plan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201601271077.html\">The 25-year master plan<\/a> aims at creating an interconnected regional power supply to significantly boost the economies of member states.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the EAPP include Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Libya.<\/p>\n<p>According reports, the master plan was signed during a recent three day meeting in Ethiopia\u2019s capital Addis Ababa. The Council of Ministers from the ten member states officially <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esi-africa.com\/news\/egypt-resigns-from-eapp-until-concerns-over-nile-are-resolved\/\">adopted master plan despite Egypt\u2019s boycott<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lebi Changullah, the EAPP secretary-general, reiterated that member states will implement the plan despite Egypt\u2019s opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Changullah added that officials will address Egypt\u2019s concerns, however, this will not stop the project from being implemented. He also stressed that Egypt already has a treaty with Nile-dependent countries on the equitable use of the river.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEgypt\u2019s concerns on the River Nile will be addressed by the Nile Initiative, but that will not stop countries from proceeding with their plans,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The EAPP master plan is being funded by the World Bank, the African Development Bank, and the U.S. government. Member states are also sharing the financial responsibility of the plan.<\/p>\n<p>The regional power integration plan includes the construction of transmission lines scheduled to be implemented between 2016 and 2017. The transmission lines are scheduled to be commissioned by 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt has pulled away from the East African Power Pool (EAPP) after refusing to sign a regional energy master plan due to concerns over the construction of hydropower projects along the Nile River \u2013 its only source of fresh water.<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/10020\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[44,1],"tags":[4655,179,4967,1762,815],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10020"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10021,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10020\/revisions\/10021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zegabi.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}