Breakthrough in Beles headrace tunnel in EthiopiaOn 08.11.2009 the 8.1 m-diameter SELI Double Shield/EPB Dual Mode TBM broke through the 12 km long Beles headrace tunnel in Ethiopia. The tunnel is part of the Beles II hydropower plant located in the northwest Amhara Region, and will channel water from Lake Tana Beles into the penstock of an underground powerhouse from which it will outfall into the Blue Nile. Read the full press release and visit www.selitunnel.com. 47/09.