After finalizing the maintenance, Salini conducted inspection works throughout the 26-km-long tunnel, according to the official. Fortunately, it is now time for the annual inspection of the plant and the company has taken advantage of the maintenance work to do the inspection as well, the official said.The plant suspended power generation in February when boulders broke into the 26 km long tunnel. The incident occurred at a spot 8,980 meters from the water outlet and 1300 meters beneath the mountain. The stretch of the tunnel boulders smashed into 15- meters long. About 1.3 km of the tunnel was inaccessible because of the rocks that blocked passage and trapped the water.Built with a price tag of 374 million euros and having an installed capacity of 420 MW, Gibe II is presently the country’s biggest power plant The project channels the water discharged from the Gilgel Gibe I dam through a long tunnel and a steep drop directly to the valley of the Omo River.
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