The East African nation’s government currently owns all of the country’s 324MW of installed wind capacity, including the 153MW Adama 2 project, which was recently completed by developer HydroChina International Engineeering.
However, the May launch of Ethiopia’s first tenders for 1.2GW of planned wind capacity, on top of ongoing power sector reforms, could open the door to independent power producer (IPP) involvement, said Deo Onyango, regional executive of Sub-Saharan Africa for GE Renewable Energy.
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