GERD
What is the "GERD"?
Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Which countries does the GERD impact downstream?
Sudan and Egypt
Discuss the impacts of Ethiopia creating the GERD?
Water and Energy Security for Ethiopia, Conflict with neighbouring countries, habitat degradation impacts
Compare and Contrast Hydroelectic Power generation to Solar energy
Both renewable energies, hydro can act as battery (pumping back up when energy demand is low), Hydro has larger initial habitat destruction - but leads to habitat creation of reservior, unlike solar farms which require land which can be used with crops/livestock to enhance productivity, Solar energy is more accessible/can be individual houses or solar farm, hydro is very geographically dependent, solar requires rare earth minerals to create the solar cells - high env impact during extraction/processing
Conclude - ???
To what extent are renewable energy projects like the GERD moving toward SDG 7 - aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030
9 mark question
Pros [4 marks max]
Cons [4 marks max]
Conclusion 1 mark