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Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia examines wind power project
State electricity company Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) is considering an ambitious proposal for the construction of a 300 MW wind farm in eastern Ethiopia near the Djibouti border, the...
Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia inaugurates new hydropower project
A new hydropower plant with a generating capacity of 460MW has gone into operation in a boost to the struggling power sector in Ethiopia.
The Tana Beles Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project on the sh...
Addis Ababa News
Alternative income for women firewood collectors
Former firewood collectors and sellers in Addis Ababa are to benefit from an income-generating scheme set up by the oil and gas company Total allowing them to sell fuel.
Under the project the 25...
Addis Ababa News
Gilgel Gibe II to be comissioned in September.
The 5.2 billion birr Gilgel Gibe II hydroelectric power project 250 km south-west of Addis Ababa is to go into operation shortly.
Sources at the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) say the...
Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia to increase load shedding.
Ethiopians are to experience power cuts twice a week from now on in an attempt solve the country
Addis Ababa News
More power rationing for Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) is to increase its scheduled power cuts from the present two to five days per fortnight in an attempt to mitigate energy shortages particularly in Addi...
