Publication date: 2010, September
Author: Dawit Hailu Mazengia
Description: Ethiopia is a nation endowed with huge amount of water, wind, solar and geothermal energy potentials. However, regardless of its enormous potentials the energy system is highly dependent on traditional fossil fuels and biomass and only about 32% of the nation‟s population has access to electricity. Given this fact, the country has engaged itself in unprecedented multimillion dollar energy projects in recent years.