The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), the state agency in charge of building power projects and generating energy, is currently undertaking the construction of the country’s fourth wind power project. The overall construction project of the 120 megawatts electric generation capacity Aysha II Wind Farm project of Ethiopia surpasses 20%, according to the last September 2018 news bulletin report of EEP. The wind farm project will have 48 turbines each having a generating capacity of the 2.5 megawatts. These are Adama Wind Farm which is generating 51 megawatts; Adama II and Ashegoda wind farms which are generating 153 megawatts each. Estimates show that Ethiopia has the potential of generating 1,350,000 megawatts of electricity from wind.

Source: News Business Ethiopia December 31, 2018 06:56 UTC