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Ethiopia Eyes Untapped Geothermal Energy Potential (Fulton News)

Country is using less than 1 percent of its total potential for geothermal power

(Courtesy CIA.gov)

An Ethiopian official said this week that the country was utilizing less than 1 percent of its total thermal power potential, despite an abundance of thermal energy along the Great Rift Valley.

“Ethiopia’s total geothermal-energy potential stands at 7,000 megawatts,” Mekuria Lemma, strategy and investment director at the state-run Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO), told Anadolu Agency. “The areas along the Great Rift Valley have been identified as potential geothermal power areas.”

According to Mekuria, only 7 megawatts of energy are currently being generated from the region’s Aluto Langano thermal site, which, he noted, represented less than 1 percent of the county’s total geothermal energy potential.

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