{"id":121110,"date":"2025-09-09T11:10:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/09\/09\/ruto-kenya-ready-to-sign-power-purchase-agreement-with-ethiopia-after-grand-dam-launch\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T11:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:10:23","slug":"ruto-kenya-ready-to-sign-power-purchase-agreement-with-ethiopia-after-grand-dam-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ruto-kenya-ready-to-sign-power-purchase-agreement-with-ethiopia-after-grand-dam-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruto: Kenya Ready to sign Power Purchase Agreement with Ethiopia after Grand Dam Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Sept 9 \u2013 President William Ruto has announced Kenya\u2019s readiness to sign a new power purchase agreement with Ethiopia following the official inauguration of the $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa\u2019s largest hydro-power project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking as chief guest at the inauguration ceremony, President Ruto congratulated Ethiopia on what he termed a \u201cmonumental achievement,\u201d praising the project as a symbol of Africa\u2019s ability to mobilize its own resources to deliver transformative infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is not only a feat of engineering ambition. It is also a bold affirmation of Africa\u2019s capacity to shape its own destiny, marshal its resources and deliver transformative infrastructure in pursuit of prosperity,\u201d Ruto said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Kenya, which began importing 200 megawatts of hydropower from Ethiopia in 2022 through the 1,045-kilometer Ethiopia\u2013Kenya interconnector, is keen to expand the partnership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have already had a conversation with Prime Minister Abiy that we will be having an extended conversation on whatever reserve power that is available from this dam. We are ready to sign a power purchase agreement so that we can take off some of the power from this important dam,\u201d Ruto declared.<\/p>\n<p>The president emphasized that reliable, affordable electricity is critical for Kenya\u2019s economic transformation, powering special economic zones, industrial parks, ICT hubs, and agro-processing facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0He added that additional imports from Ethiopia would strengthen Kenya\u2019s grid stability, particularly during droughts, while advancing the country\u2019s climate goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith more than 90 percent of our electricity already sourced from renewables, we remain committed to achieving a 100 percent clean energy mix by 2030. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam strengthens this transition by integrating zero-emission power into our grid and reducing reliance on fossil fuels,\u201d Ruto said.<\/p>\n<p>Other leaders present at the inauguration included Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Sudanese President Salva Kiir, and Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley of Barbados, alongside African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf.<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reiterated that the GERD, which will eventually produce 5,150 megawatts of electricity, is designed not only to meet Ethiopia\u2019s domestic needs but also to supply surplus power to the region.<\/p>\n<p>While celebrated as a pan-African milestone, the dam continues to face opposition from Egypt, which relies on the Nile for about 90 percent of its water supply and fears reduced flows during droughts.<\/p>\n<p> Ethiopia has maintained that its careful, phased filling of the reservoir has avoided downstream harm, with independent studies so far showing no major disruptions<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Sept 9 \u2013 President William Ruto has announced Kenya\u2019s readiness to sign a new power purchase agreement with Ethiopia following the official inauguration of the $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa\u2019s largest hydro-power project. Speaking as chief guest at the inauguration ceremony, President Ruto congratulated Ethiopia on what he termed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}