Energy consumption around the world is a highly pressing issue. According to a UN statistic of 2008, the electricity coverage of Ethiopia’s then 75mill population was 16%. Since then, there have been efforts to up the coverage by the EEPCo (Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation), by MoME (Ministry of Mines and Energy) and various aid organizations focusing on the energy sector.
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Category Archives: Renewable energy
Beyond Buying Bonds
Biogas: Next Gen car fuel … [PART 3]
Growing acceptance of biocars.
After two articles on the benefits of biogas it’s only fair to conclude with a look forward and here it is: Biogas fuel can be used to run cars, which is of course no news to the world. Once it hit the headlines here too, we knew that we were going be to part of this movement.
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Biogas: Two Birds one stone… [PART 2]
Considering it has been nearly 37 years since its first introduction to Ethiopia. The usage of bio gas is not very popular and few people are aware of the benefits of such fuels. According to a survey by the Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center/Network we have about 120 bio gas systems installed in institutions all over Ethiopia.
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Biogas: Two Birds one stone… [PART 1]
Two of our most pressing problems driven down altogether by one biogas.
Our household fuel consumption is highly dependent on either petrol or fire woods or coal. Both of which are not sustainable and are costing us a lot both environmentally and monetary. They are also either too expensive or not available for the day to day domestic consumption.
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Do-it-yourself wind power plant
Two students at Linköpings University in Sweden have designed and built a prototype of a wind power plant for developing countries. Their aim is to increase living standards by providing a small but helpful source of electricity to enable charging of for example cellular phones, light, cooling appliances, water pumps etc.
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Tagged households, renewables, windpower
Boell
ICE-Ethiopia