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Electricity, there is an abundant has almost tripled, the solar Enel renewable energy was selected,
solar irradiation which can be energy sector in Ethiopia is the constructionis scheduled to come
utilized as source of Electricity. still in its earliest stages of online by the end of 2019.
The national annual average developmentrepresenting 0.3%
irradiance is estimated to be of the country’s totalenergy
5.2 kWh/m2 /day with seasonal capacity. The second tender was launched
variations that range between in 2017 for the constructionof two
the minimum of 4.5 kWh/m2 Ethiopia has prioritized 125 MW solar facilities in Gad and
/day in July to a maximum of construction of large-scale solar Dicheto which a Saudi Arabia’s Power
5.6 kWh/m2 /day in February projects in the regions of Afar, firm, ACWA has won it with the record
and March with a higher annual Somali, Oromia and Tigray, low tariff rate in Africa. In January
average irradiance well above onPublic Private Partnership 2019, the newly formed Public Private
6 kWh/m2 /day in rift valley (PPP).In 2016, the state-owned Partnership (PPP) Board has approved
regions, Western and Eastern Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) six solar energy projects at a cost
lowlands of the country. Even launched the country’s first solar of USD 795 million with capacity
thoughover the past five years tender for the 100 MW Metahara to generate some 750 megawatt of
Ethiopia’s solar PVcapacity and Italian energy company electricity.

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