XVIII IWRA World Water Congress Beijing China 2023
Sub-theme 4: Supporting Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Functions
Author(s): Shiferaw Demisei
Mr. Shiferaw Demisei Gemeda, Technical Expert, Ministry of Water Resources and Energy, Ethiopia
Oral: PDFAbstractCONTENT
- Overview of Ethiopia
- Energy situation in Ethiopia
- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
- Challenges and Issues Affecting the Development of Power in Ethiopia
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Challenges…Hydropower
- For Ethiopia, it is an undeniable fact that Lack of technology and lack of internally raised finance are important barriers (GERD)
- Rural settlements in Ethiopia are highly scattered resulting in dispersed demand, which in turn makes the supply of electricity prohibitively expensive to remote rural areas.
- Rural demand for electricity is not only dispersed, but electricity consumption is also very low, which makes returns on investment less attractive.
- Political instability in the Horn of Africa sub region is a key issue that has hindered cross-border electricity trade
- Hydropower projects on international rivers is a serious issue affecting exploitation of hydro resources to its fullest extent in Ethiopia. (not supported by financers)
- Another important issue to note in the Ethiopian electricity sector is that electricity generation is almost entirely hydro-based and affected by climate change