September, 2019

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Scaling Solar
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Target Industry- It mainly aims at solar eletricity production.
Target Action- Is mainly building 750 MW of solar energy across six sites in Ethiopia
Location- Weranso, Welenchti, Humera, Mekele, Bahir Dar, Hurso
Approach- Building Solar farms to compliment hydropower and utilize water resources
efficiently
Affliated Organization- Ethiopian Eletric Power, PID, UKaid, Power Africa, Netherlands,
Denmark
Launch Date- October 2017
Lightning Solar
Target Industry- Private Sector in developing market for off-grid sector
Target Action- Accelerate the development of off-grid solar lightning and energy markets through the
following actions.
• Improving the enabling enviroment.
• Support scaling up and replacement.
• Increase demand and adress bottlenecks.
• Solving policy barriers.
• Access to finance for quality products.
• Marketing

Approach- Helping private sector through business development support, quality assurance, market
development for quality products, verfied solar company, access to finance.
Affliated Organizaitons- Climate Investment Fund, ESMAP, Canada, Italy, MOWIE

Launch- Septenber 2015

ENDEV
Targeted Industry- Solar, Stove, Hydro
Targeted Action- Establish Market for modern energy solution (Off-grid solar, on of the objectives)
Three Service- Energy Efficent Cookstove, Photovolatic Device, MHP
Approach- Trained Local Scouts to promote hydro-power
Financial Resource to cover investment cost
Personnel
Training for social tcheniques
Affliated Organizations- MOWIE, UKAID, Sweden, Swiss Agency for Development, Irish Aid, KOICA
Results- Since 2005, 1.4 million people have gained access to modern cooking energy and further 395,000 people
now have access to electricity. 562 social institutions and 3,200 enterprises have been supplied with modern
energy (https://endev.info/content/Ethiopia)
Launch Date- EnDev 1 May 2005 -December 2009
EnDev 2 October 2009 -December 2020
Capital- Endev Ethiopia phase one implemented from 2005 up to 2009, and phase two 2010 – 2020. Since 2005, up
to 2017 with Euro 34 million budget repots (https://www.capitalethiopia.com/capital/endev-new-phase-for-
energizing-ethiopia-project/)
Location- Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, Tigray; some activity in Addis Ababa
AFDB
Targeted Industry- Solar
Targeted Action- To deploy solar mini-grids in 25 villages in Ethiopia
Approach- To develop the mini-grids in 25 villages & let them recieve solar plant, back-up
dieasel generator and battery storage as well as operation and maintenance in three months.
Affliated Organizaiton- EEU, WB
Results-
Location- Oromia, Amhara, Southern region, Somali, Tigray, Afar, Benishangul Gumuz and
Gambella

Capital- 15 million euro.

Start Date- 2020
POWER Africa
Target Industry- Solar, Wind, Hydro and Biomass
Targeted Action- It Focuses on producing 30 GW cleaner, efficent and eletric generation
capacity in Sub-saharan Africa.
Approach- Transaction Assistance, Finance, Technology Assistance, Capacity Building and
Legal Assistance, Transmission planning and capacity development.
Affliated Organization- AfDB, WB, Sweden, Norway, EU, UK, SE4ALL, IRENA, NEPAD
Results- Commerical loss in eletric lines below 10%
Power Africa 2030 Pipeline: 3,878 MW(https://www.usaid.gov/powerafrica/ethiopia
Location- Through out Ethiopia
Launch Date- 2014.
Clean Start(UNDP)
Target Industry- Promoting sustainable Rural Energy Technology
Target Action- Strenghthen regualtory and legal framework
Business incubation that will promote great partnership
Helping energy sector access- financial mechanism
Create Public demand and utilization of Rural Energy Technology
Approach- Mainly helping assist technologies
Affliated Organization- DBE & UNCDF
Results- To affect 800,000 households in 2020 G.C.
14 companies got grant of 5000 in order to promote sustainable technologies.
Launch date- 2018