After spending years studying and millions of dollars restructuring the state power monopoly, the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo), the Council of Ministers dissolved the almost 60-year old corporation and split it in to two.
Ashegoda - From the sky, the 84 glimmering white turbines at Ashegoda wind farm shoot up from the ground like massive spokes, standing out high amid vast expanses of yellow wheat.
Sudanese President Omar al- Bashir and the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Wednesday inaugurated the inter-connecting electricity line between the two countries in Geddarif State in eastern Sudan.
Global Trade Development Consulting and its Project Development Partner, Energy Ventures, both US companies, announced that they have been awarded the contract by the Ethiopian Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy and the Board of Directors of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation to build, operate, and transfer three 100-MW solar farms in Eastern Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian government said on Wednesday that it would generate 37,000 megawatts by 2037, making it a major regional energy exporter in the Horn of Africa.
Prominent Ethiopian and foreign experts began discussions on a new power strategy to boost electricity production as part of Ethiopia's plans to become a regional energy exporter.
