Dam · Ethiopia
How much did Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam cost to build?
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is the roller-compacted concrete gravity dam on the Blue Nile in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia, owned by Ethiopian Electric Power and designed and built by Webuild (formerly Salini Impregilo), with its foundation stone laid on 2 April 2011 and a reservoir of 74 billion cubic metres, inaugurated on 9 September 2025. Engineering News-Record reported that day that its final price tag was approximately 5 billion dollars, against an initial budget of 4.8 billion.
Reported project cost
$5 billion
Cost basis: 2025
Prime Minister Office EthiopiaPublic domain
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Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost2025
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- PowerEngineering News-Record
- 5,150 MW
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