EEP Archives - Ethio Negari

07 Mar

Ethiopia Agrees to Sell 400 MW of Energy to Tanzania

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, NewsAddisAbaba, EEP, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Ethiopianews, GERD, Tanzania

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed paid a two-day official visit to Tanzania last week. During his visit to Dar es Salaam, Prime Minister Abiy signed agreements on aviation cooperation and the sale of electric power with the government of President Samia Suluhu Hassan. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Meles Alem, announced in his weekly diplomatic statement that Ethiopia has signed an agreement to sell 400 megawatts of energy to Tanzania. Ethiopia has emphasized its commitment to energy and aviation diplomacy with neighboring countries, particularly highlighting its provision of training for pilots, air traffic controllers, and aviation experts…

Theft derails Ethiopia’s electrification projects

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsNewsAddisAbaba, EEP, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, TPLF

The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) says that robbery has become a high trend hindering its national electrification projects. In the ended budget year alone, 90 tons of tower materials have been stolen from the Ethio Kenya high tension line. The enterprise that has a mandate to carry out massive generation projects, construct and administer over 66 KV transmission lines and distribution stations, bulk energy sales, and electric export, disclosed that despite carrying out massive expansion and rehabilitation works, theft has become a major thorn in the flesh to its operation. Moges Mekonnen, Public Relation Head at EEP, said that the…

Ethiopia Earned $95 m from Electricity Export in the Fiscal Year

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsNewsAddisAbaba, EEP, EthioNegari, Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s Electric Power (EEP) Corporation announced on Wednesday that it earned $95 million from electricity exports in the fiscal year that just ended. The revenue is said to have increased by 5.4 percent (by $4.9 million) over the previous year. According to an Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) report quoting Moges Mekonnen, the Corporate Communication Director of EEP, the power was exported to neighboring Djibouti and Sudan, a country with whom Ethiopia has a border dispute and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. During the most recent fiscal year, Djibouti received the export of 611 GW of electricity. Ethiopia supplied Sudan with…