Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA (The Reporter) — Electric power outage is becoming one of the most devastating problems in contemporary Ethiopia. It appears to be routine practice living without light every two days, where the power sources are dominantly depend on rain-fed dams.
The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo), in its latest announcement, disclosed that power will be interrupted for 18 hours per shedding day for 15 days between June and July. The new schedule, which divided the nation in two groups and covers cities, towns, kebeles as well as villages, is now starting to be implemented from June 9 to July 7. Many fear that if the rain would not fall and the dams continue running short of water, the whole country would face a complete blackout. Currently, all major manufacturing firms are disconnected from the national power grid, and EEPCo told flour mills and other manufacturing firms across the nation to use electric power economically only during less power load. This time the corporation, which is already in a power crisis, is idly waiting for the rain instead of searching for other alternative sources of electric power. Its officials are too busy in telling stories about incomplete hydropower stations.
Addis Ababa, the seat of the federal government and many international organizations could not escape the frequent power shedding due to acute shortage of power. While the untapped hydropower potential of the country stands at 30,000 MW, the total installed capacity of the national grid from hydropower, diesel and geothermal sources is only 870 MW.
According to official figures, the national electric power demand gap is an alarming 120 MW, while the annual power demand growth is going up by 16 percent.
4 thoughts on “Ethiopia power scarcity approaching complete blackout”
Rain-fed agriculture, rain-fed power sources; here comes the double digit economic growth! The genius of Woyane, and in particular, the brain power of their leader never cease to amaze me.
Ethiopia is a country of miracles, it can achieve 11% GDP growth without electric power.
It seems that Meles has invented a new power source which
works only in the pitch dark.
Gonder:
Wayane is dangering the whole east Africa not only Ethiopia. Not only the money and human live, also they are ready to suck out everything possible to bring this country to at the level of Tigry where people eat anthrapode for the daily food. If all Ethiopians let this people suck the whole country, ther will not be such called “Ethiopia” 20 and 30 years a head of us. Ethiopa, you need to think about the stage of this country; leave behind the hetrate, underminding each other; think of One United Ethiopians where every one’s right will be respected as a Citizen. If you and i will not be united on common objectives, even not only Wayane but the forigner might come and take over Ethiopia as we fall in the hand of foreign support. Ethiopia need to grow from inside, the change must come from the willingness of all the nationalities in the country, but not only one group. That is eighteen century politics wishing that one is best and even better thatn others. This is the main problen what led Wayane to this power. Where is the power of Oromo and Amhara? Let us kick this Wayane tribalist. I am sure if we Ethipians United and work together we will drive wayane into the “chaka” in less than one month.
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