Posts Tagged ‘Ethiopian Electricity’

Ethiopia Begins Electricity Exports to Djibouti, EEPC Says

June 11 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Economy, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

Ethiopia began power exports to its Horn of Africa neighbor Djibouti, an Ethiopian Electric Power Corp. spokesman said. The electricity shipments began on May 27, Addis Tagele, a spokesman for the state-owned utility, said in a phone interview today from Addis Ababa, the capital. “The maximum at the moment is about 20 megawatts,” he said. Ethiopia plans to produce... Read more

Ethiopia: Opposition group Tinsae Ethiopia took responsible for cut down electric power cables

May 23 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized, አማርኛ Tags: , , , , ,

Bloomberg: Ethiopian political activists opposed to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s rule said they sabotaged power lines in the west of the country as part of a campaign against the government. The Tinsae Ethiopian Patriots Union said it cut electricity cables in Awi Zone on May 20, causing outages in towns including Asosa, 477 kilometers (296 miles) west... Read more

Ethiopia’s Ruling Party “Heavely Favored” in Election 2010 : European Union

November 8 | Posted by ocean | Election 2010, Ethiopia, News Tags: , , , ,

Ethiopia’s electoral playing field was “heavily” balanced in favor of the ruling party in a May vote in which Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and allied parties won all but two of the 547 seats in parliament, the European Union said. Local administrations that are almost entirely controlled by the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front should... Read more

Ethiopian Electric PCo: Back to rationing?

October 26 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News Tags: , , ,

The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) announced that its power generation shrunk by 700 megawatt from the previously expected 2,000 megawatt total production capacity. The corporation has also ordered industries to cut their consumption as power rationing is threatening. Since early September, power interruption has been a common practice in cities around the country. Miheret Debebe, CEO of... Read more

French company eyes EEPCo’s wind projects

July 11 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

Vergnet, the sole wind turbine manufacturer in France, is eyeing the Ethiopian Electricity and Power Corporation’s (EEPCo) wind farm projects over the coming ten years, according to Marc Vergnet, president and owner of the company. The company is currently undertaking the Ashegoda wind farm project in Tigray. Projected to produce some 120MW which will enter the... Read more