Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed says joint undertaking with a UAE renewable power firm brings the nation nearer to reaching its web zero emission targets.
(Reuters Archive)
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has introduced that his authorities has signed an settlement with a United Arab Emirates renewable power firm to collectively construct a solar energy plant with a capability of 500 megawatts.
The deal, introduced on Wedneday, may probably permit Ethiopia to considerably increase its power capability and likewise diversify its power combine, a key a part of Abiy’s industrialisation drive.
At current, Ethiopia has whole put in energy producing capability of about 4,898 MW, with 91 % of it coming from hydroelectric energy, primarily based on information from state-run Ethiopian Electric Power.
“Pleased to see the signing of a Joint development agreement (JDA) between the Government of Ethiopia and Masdar to develop two solar photovoltaic plants,” Abiy mentioned in a tweet, including the 2 crops would have a mixed era capability of 500 megawatts.
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Abiy didn’t give particulars on the place the crops can be positioned, or their value.
Billene Seyoum, Abiy’s spokesperson and Mamo Mihretu, chief government officer of state-run Ethiopia Investment Holdings, didn’t instantly reply to the Reuters news company’s request for extra info.
Masdar didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters message looking for remark.
Ethiopia is keen to increase its power capability and final yr started producing energy from its large Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a multi-billion-dollar hydropower plant on the River Nile that neighbours Sudan and Egypt have opposed.
When it reaches full capability, the dam can have a producing capability of greater than 6,000 MW.
In his tweet, Abiy mentioned the worldwide web zero emission targets had been a possibility for Ethiopia “to harness our renewable resources and ensure access to abundant, clean and affordable energy.”
Masdar has been pushing into renewable power in Africa and elsewhere. This week the corporate additionally signed an settlement with Zambia’s state-owned energy utility Zesco to develop photo voltaic tasks value $2 billion.
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Source: AP
