Brief description of Ethiopian Hydropower

development

Contents

1/ Map of Ethiopia with basic data

2/Nile river basin map

3/ Brief introduction of the responsible organization

4/General information about power sector

5/Government policy

6/Ongoing and planned power projects

7/Conclusion

Federal

republic of

ETHIOPIA

Total Population (millions)………………………… .83

Total Area /square km/ …………………………1.2

Electricity Production (billion kWh)………… .9

/GDP per capital (PPP US$): …………………… ….1,192

GDP growth (annual %): …………………………….9.0%

Urban ……………………………………………….....16%

Rural …………………………………………………...84%

Life expectancy at birth (years): …………………..50

Population w. Electricity …………….....................22%

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• Catalog number AL 288-1

• Common name Lucy

• SpeciesAustralopithecus afarensis

• Age 3.2 million years

• Place discovered Afar Depression, Ethiopia

• Date discovered November 24, 1974)

• Discovered by

Donald JohansonMaurice TaiebYves CoppensTom Gray

The Ardipithecus

ramidus fossils were

discovered in Ethiopia's

harsh Afar desert at a

site called Aramis in the

Middle Awash region,

just 46 miles (74

kilometers) from where

Lucy's species,

Australopithecus

afarensis, was found in

1974. Radiometric

dating of two layers of

volcanic ash that tightly

sandwiched the fossil

deposits revealed that

Ardi lived 4.4 million

years ago.

Ethiopia the origin of

Coffee

The Nile basin

countries :-

• Burundi

• Dr congo

• Egypt

• Ethiopia

• Kenya

• Rwanda

• Sudan

• Tanzania

• Uganda

Brief introduction of the organizationMinistry of water and energy is a governmental organization which

is responsible for the country”s water and energy sector

development, with the following vision and mission

Vision:-Ethiopia will be a model of excellence in water resource development, vitailzation and renewable energy hub in east Africa by 2015

Mission:-Play a significant goal in the socio-

economics development of

Ethiopia through development

and management of its water and

energy resources in a sustainable

manner and provision of quality

and equitable supplies in the

entire food security and foreign

currency earning

The main duties and

responssibilities of the ministry are

plan,supervise & control the overall

activities of:-

- Water supply & sanitation programs

- Irrigation & drainage /study, design and construction…/

- Hydropower plants /study, design and construction…/

- River basin master plan study

- Development of wind, solar and geothermal energy

General information about

power sector Institutions

involved:-

- Ethiopian Electric Power

Corporation/EEPCO/ which is

engaged in the business of:-

1/ Generation

2/ Transmission

3/ Distribution

- Ethiopian Energy Agency /EEA/

which is mandated to:-

1/ Issue license

2/ Set tariff

3/ Supervise the generation, transmission &

distribution of electricity

Highlights of the Ethiopian

energy policy

• Energy consumption in Ethiopia is based

predominantly /94%/ on biomass energy

sources such as:- fuel wood, charcoal,and

agricultural residues which is associated with

massive deforestation and land degradation.

• Though Ethiopia is endowed with vast energy

resources hydro,solar, wind and

geothermal..etc it has not been able to utilize

these resources optimaly.

Priorities of the policy

• To place high priority on hydropower

resource development as hydrological

resources are Ethiopia’s most abundent

and sustainabile energy form.

To pay due and close attention to ecological

and environmental issues during the

development of energy projects.

Existing power generation capacities

No Plant

Installed Total

capacity (MW)

average Energy

Production

1 Koka 43.20 131.12

2 Awash II 32.00 161.68

3 Awash III 32.00 174.81

4 Fincha 134.00 912. 29

5 Melka wakana 153.00 559.63

6 Tis Abbay I 11.40 48.00

7 Tis Abbay II 73 496.69

8 Gilgel gebe I 184 884.46

9 Tekeze 300 1069

10 Gilgel gebe II 420 1886

11 Beles 460 2050

12 Hydro total 1842.60 8423.73

13 Diesel 173.3 582

14 Geo thermal 7.3 13.87

Total 2067.9 9064.57

Candidate power plants for

private investors

• 1/ Genale IV ……….…………….246 MW

• 2/ Gojeb ………………………….153 MW

• 3/ Genale V ……………………...100 MW

• 4/

• 5/.

• ‘renaissance Dam on the Nile’,

• is expected to hold double the size of Lake Tana water (62 billion cubic meters).

• It will be constructed 20 to 40 kilometers at the east of Sudanese border and

• will generate 5,250 Mega watts electricity.

• The Dam will be

completed in 44

months and

• two of its units will

start generation 700

mega watts of

electricity at initial

stage.

• This dam will be10th

biggest in the world

Ethiopia's Tekeze Hydropower Named

Best Renewable/Sustainable Project in

the world of the Year 2010

• The Tekeze Hydropower project is the tallest arch

dam in Africa at 188 meters, eclipsing the previous

record height for an African dam of 185m held by the

Katse Arch Dam in Lesotho.

• The 300 MW dam is a double curvature concrete arch

dam, a method of design that minimizes the amount of

concrete used, creating a reservoir 70 kilometers in

length.

• An underground powerhouse, containing four 75 MW

Francis Turbines.

The Tekeze Hydropower project in Ethiopia, located on the Tekeze River, a

tributary of the Nile, is the Project of the Year for renewable/sustainable

projects. The $350 million project, funded by the government of Ethiopia

Ethiopia 60,000 MW

Renewable Energy

Potential

45,000 megawatts from hydro power,

10,000 megawatts from wind energy

already 120 MW under constration

5,000 megawatts of geothermal

In conclusion (shortcomings)

• Low level of skilled manpower

• Shortage of capable local consultants and contractors

• Lack of technology & Equipment to develop Hydropower

• Shortage of investment capital

possible solution

/International cooperation/

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