Wind energy resource development in Ethiopia as an alternative energy future beyond the dominant hydropower

Asress, Mulugeta Biadgo; Simonović, Aleksandar; Komarov, Dragan; Stupar, Slobodan

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2013.02.047

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“…The wind energy potential of Addis Ababa, Mekele, Nazret, and Debrezeit has been assessed to be favorable (Bekele & Palm, 2009). There have also been studies focusing on replacing hydro power in Ethiopia with wind energy (Asress et al, 2013) compounded by researches focusing on grid integration of wind energy (Bekele & Tadesse, 2012).…”

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A prospective review of renewable energy developments in Ethiopia

Hameer

Ejigu

2020

AAS Open Res

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Ethiopia has a vast renewable energy potential in the context of hydro, wind, solar, and geothermal energies. The unsustainable use of biomass coupled with drought has caused a paradigm shift towards wind, geothermal, and solar energies. There have been significant strides by the Government of Ethiopia to actualize these potentials in the context of developing massive projects in these aforementioned areas with the private business sector in the goal of jettisoning the industrial base of Ethiopia in conjunction with increasing the installed power capacity from 4,300 MW to 17,346 MW by 2020. The major challenge still lies in assessing the comprehensive renewable energy resource potential of Ethiopia including the lack of local content development in the context of establishing an industrial base. There have been notable initiatives by the Government of Ethiopia to adhere to the Paris Climate Accord in conjunction with the Green Growth framework and Sustainability Development Goals. However, the top down approach of grand targets to the various regions is not the pragmatic approach to solving the Achilles heel of energy poverty. A more plausible approach is from the bottom up, whereby energy frameworks and policies are generated by conducting a needs assessment of a specified region. The appropriate technology concept needs to be reflected in the innovation aspects of renewable energy technologies. There has to be a framework of translating invention to innovation by actualizing the tripartite structure of Government, Academia, and Industry.

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A prospective review of renewable energy developments in Ethiopia

Hameer

Ejigu

2020

AAS Open Res

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“…Because of that, some studies have been conducted as efforts to explore the diversification possibility in the electricity sector. For example, Asress et al [7] explored the wind energy potential in Ethiopia, while Bekele and Tadesse [8] explored the hybrid type of energy generation.…”

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Reducing Biomass Utilization in the Ethiopia Energy System: A National Modeling Analysis

Yurnaidi

Kim

2018

Energies

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With its target of becoming a middle-income country by 2025, Ethiopia has set ambitious targets in its Growth Transformation Plan (GTP) II, such as increasing power generation capacity from 4.18 to 17.21 GW during the 2016-2020 period. However, according to the 2015 IEA energy balance table, Ethiopia depends heavily on biomass for its final energy use. In final energy service sectors, biomass takes more than 90% of the final energy consumption (36.9 out of 40.9 MTOE), 99% of which is consumed in the residential sector. Therefore, it is very important to achieve biomass utilization in the energy sector targets of Ethiopia. This paper aims to analyze the biomass consumption in the Ethiopia energy system, and discuss related policies. An integrated assessment model is chosen for its national energy modeling, and to simulate policy scenarios in a comprehensive and consistent manner. After building a reference case, three scenarios are developed: (1) higher Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and urbanization rate, (2) efficiency improvement of biomass technologies, and (3) sensitivity analysis of urbanization. It is found that biomass still holds the largest share of energy consumption in the future, which increases even more in the high GDP and urbanization scenario. Increasing efficiency of biomass technology can reduce biomass consumption, but the "rebound effect" is observed, which increases the energy service demand, thus dampening the effect of biomass efficiency improvement.

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“…The Ethiopian government, according to the National Growth and Transformation Plan, aims to achieve universal electri cation and is developing large-scale hydroelectric projects to help achieve this objective [26,27]. To meet the projected rise in domestic electricity demand and export electricity to neighboring countries, the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation aims to incorporate alternative power plants such as solar, wind, geothermal, fuel oil, and gas-based plants [7]. However, policy advice based on comprehensive energy analysis to improve electricity access and diversi cation of the energy supply mix to develop a sustainable power sector is lacking in Ethiopia.…”

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Investigation of Energy Distribution System for Sustainability and Low Carbon Development in the Case of Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

Bezabih¹

2021

Preprint

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The quality and reliability of electric power supply systems determine the quality of life and the growth of a nation. Electricity is present in every aspect of our daily lives. Renewable energy is, without a doubt, one of the most critical drivers of a country's socio-economic growth, and its importance in this regard cannot be overstated. Electricity access plays a significant role in other sources of energy. Electricity has made life much more straightforward in various sectors and facets of human endeavors, such as education, health, agriculture, and all households. Efficient power consumption and energy savings have become a major issue these days as the need for power demand increases day to day in Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s electricity coverage and per capita consumption are among the lowest in sub-Saharan Africa. Only 44 percent of over 110 million Ethiopians have access to electricity. Around 83% of the population lives in areas with less than 2% of the population having access to electricity. Electricity is a necessary component of any modern economy. A country's economic growth and development are dependent on the availability of a sufficient power supply at a fair cost. However, to meet the demand and minimize greenhouse gas emissions, cost-effectiveness and efficiency in electricity generation and distribution must be improved further.

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Wind energy resource development in Ethiopia as an alternative energy future beyond the dominant hydropower

Cited by 46 publications

References 6 publications

A prospective review of renewable energy developments in Ethiopia

A prospective review of renewable energy developments in Ethiopia

Reducing Biomass Utilization in the Ethiopia Energy System: A National Modeling Analysis

Investigation of Energy Distribution System for Sustainability and Low Carbon Development in the Case of Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

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