The Executive Director of the African Union Energy Commission, Engineer Rashid Abdullah Ali, called for preparing for the change that the Renaissance Dam will bring to life around the Blue Nile and the Nile to the borders of Egypt, saying: "We must prepare ourselves to operate the Renaissance Dam."
Rashid Abdullah said, in statements with the Sudanese News Agency, that "the agreement on the outstanding points between the three countries in the Renaissance Dam negotiations has become just around the corner." We have to conduct a scientific, social dialogue to prepare ourselves to operate the Renaissance Dam and know how to plan for the future And there are huge projects that need government leadership. "
He described the change that will occur in Sudan from the construction of the Renaissance Dam as positive in its entirety with some negative effects, expecting an increase in the energy produced from the current reservoirs (Rusiris and Meroe) between 30 to 50% without any change in the current turbines, in addition to importing electricity from Ethiopia This work requires the completion of an agreement to know the quantity and supply of the network of transmission lines and transformational stations, and one of the positive effects and projects that must be taken into account is the possibility of regulating the flow of the Nile in Sudan from the exploitation of about 6 billion cubic meters that could not be exploited because there are not enough tanks for it and its flow in Autumn period only.
Rashid stressed the possibility of adding about 2 million acres to irrigated agricultural lands, noting the need to conduct studies for new projects to exploit this amount, and he expected that the cost of pumping water with pumps over the entire course of the Blue Nile and the Nile would benefit and farmers would benefit from it, and he expressed his hope for a huge transport project Al-Nahri for individuals and goods through an investor or government partnership.
On the negative aspects of Al-Nahdha Dam on Sudan, he said, "It is represented by the loss of 50% of the cliffs, which are estimated at 50 thousand feddans out of a total of 100 thousand feddans, lands that were flooded with Nile water and planted with vegetables in the summer, and the loss of the Nile water for an estimated percentage of silt that was relied upon for enrichment." Earth.