Ethiopia wiso energy

Can Ethiopia generate electricity from wind energy?

Lack of reliable wind data covering the entire country has been one of the reasons for limited application of wind energy in Ethiopia, but recently studies have shown that Ethiopia has substantial potential to generate electricity from wind, geothermal and hydropower.

Why is energy important for Ethiopia?

Energy is one of the most significant sectors for Ethiopia’s economic growth and development and is expected to increase significantly in the medium run. Ethiopia has abundant renewable energy resources and the potential to generate over 60,000 megawatts (MW) of electric power from hydroelectric, wind, solar, and geothermal sources.

What are Ethiopia's wind and geothermal & hydropower projects?

Those ongoing wind, geothermal and hydropower projects are parts of Ethiopia's strategy to become the region's leading producer of clean renewable energy. The ongoing and planned wind farm, geothermal and hydropower projects in Ethiopia and their capacities are shown in Table 10 , . Table 10.

How much energy does Ethiopia have?

Even though Ethiopia is endowed with all sources of energy such as hydro, solar, wind, biomass, natural gas, geothermal, etc., it has not been able to develop, transform and utilize these resources for optimal economic development. The current total deployment is limited to 2052 MW (52 MW is added from wind in December 2012) .

How many wind farms are being built in Ethiopia?

With the aim of diversifying the energy sources, the Ethiopian government is constructing a number of wind farms with total capacity of 1116 MW. It was mentioned that according to the growth and transformation plan adopted by the government for the period of 2011 to 2015, EEPCo has planned to build eight wind farms .

What if Ethiopia carries out its energy development plans?

If Ethiopia carries out its current energy development plans and revise the existing national energy policy that means allowing domestic and foreign investors to produce power from all kind of energy sources without limit on the capacity, the country will be able to attract more investors in renewable energy sector.