Construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 13 January 2015 at 03:24:41 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 12 November 2015 at 08:01:42 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 11 March 2018 at 07:57:31 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 03 April 2018 at 03:24:59 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, river, dam, reservoir, renewable energy, hydroelectricity, land cover, Blue Nile, Ethiopia
Fig. 1 - S2 (11.03.2018) - 12,11,2 colour composite - The Blue Nile & the two dams of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
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The 6450MW dam will be the largest African hydropower plant (7th in the world). It is contested by Egypt regarding the sharing of Nile's water.
Fig. 2 - S1 (03.04.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - The 2 dams will retain the water in the brownish area & beyond.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (11.03.2018) - 11,8,2 colour composite - Zoom on the main dam, under construction since 2011.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (03.04.2018) - Zoom on the saddle dam, located 3.5 km away from the border with Sudan.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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