Table 1 Energy Resource Potential of Ethiopia (June 22, 2013) (Derbew 2013)
From: Evaluation of small hydropower plant at Ribb irrigation dam in Amhara regional state, Ethiopia
Resource | Unit | Exploitable reserve | Exploited | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amount | Present | ||||
1 | Hydropower | MW | 45,000 | 2100 | < 5% |
2 | Solar/day | KWH/M2 | 6 | - | < 1% |
3 | Wind: power speed | GW (m/s) | 1350 | 171 MW | - |
4 | Geothermal | MW | 7000 | - | - |
5 | Wood | Million tones | 1120 | 7.3 MW | 50% |
6 | Agricultural waste | Million tones | 15–20 | 560 | 30% |
7 | Natural gas’s | Million tones | 113 | 6 | 0% |
8 | COAL | Billion m3 | 300 | - | 0% |
9 | Oil shale | Million tones | 253 | - | 0% |