Ethiopia Hydropower
Transcript of Ethiopia Hydropower
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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