Koysha Hydroelectric Power is a hydropower gravity dam built in Omo River in South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region and currently under construction since 2016.
In May 2016, the Italian firm Salini Impregilo contracted with EEP to build 170 meter high rolled compacted concrete (RCC) and the reservoir volume is 6000 million cubic to produce 6,460 GWh power generation capacity annually.
[1][2] According to the Project Deputy Manager Abayneh Getnet, the dam reached 60% completion in September 2023 and expected to generate 1,800MW electric power.
Salini predicted that the dam would be a 170 meter high roller compacted concrete (RCC) and the reservoir volume is 6000 million cubic to produce 6,460 GWh power generation capacity annually.
[4] Addis Fortune reported in 2024 that the dam construction was postponed in several occasions due to recurrent forex crisis in the country.