WIND RESOURCE

Ethiopia

Re
PROPOSED EXISTING
ERITREA

d
HYDRO POWER PLANTS (HEEP)
REPUBLIC OF

Se
ICS DIESEL POWER PLANTS Humera To Eritrea

a
GAS POWER PLANTS (BIOMASS)
Adwa Adigrat YEMEN

Re
Enda Wukro
GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS SUDAN Silassie Mesobo
Mekele MESSOBO WIND PARK
BIOMASS-2
WIND POWER PLANTS TEKEZE III

d
(Welkayit) ASHEGODA WIND PARK
TEKEZE I
500 kV TRANSMISSION LINES Metema
Dabat
Maychew
400 kV TRANSMISSION LINES Mehoni Substation
Sekota
Alamata

Se
230 kV TRANSMISSION LINES Gonder
TENDAHO
Lake GEOTHERMAL

Aden
132 kV TRANSMISSION LINES Tana Nefas Lalibela

a
Wereta

Adigrat
Mewcha
Weldiya Decioto DJIBOUTI of
Gulf
66 kV TRANSMISSION LINES BIOMASS-1
BELES Gashen
(Grand Renaissance) Bahir Dar
Humera 45 kV TRANSMISSION LINES
GRAND RENAISSANCE Dangla
TIS ABAY I
TIS ABAY II
Semera
Asayita

Axum Source: Ethiopian Power System Expansion Master Plan Study, EEPC 2014 Pawe
Dessie
Aksta Combolcha-I
Combolcha-II
Mota Kemise
UPPER Finote Selam Bitchena
BECO ABO Debre CHEMOGA YEDA II
MENDAIA Markos CHEMOGA YEDA I Adigala
Asosa Shoa Robit AYSHA WIND PARK
Alem Ketema
Gebre Fitche-1 DEBRE BERHAN
Mekele Mendi
BIOMASS-4 Gida Ayana
AMERTO
NESHE
Guracha ALELTU
Debre
WIND WEPP
Amibara
MU DIESEL
Hurso
DIRE DAWA III
Fitche-2 Berhan Nuraera
(Dedessa) FINCHAA Muger DOFAN Dire Dawa Jijiga
Finchaa II Chancho Akaki
Dukem I & II Harer To Somalia
KALITI DIESEL Sululta
Gimbi Dedessa
Yesu Factory
Debre
Zeit-I, -II& -III
DIRE DAWA Babile
SOMALIA
Nekemte Gehedo Addis Awash Asebe DIESEL
Guder Alem Metehara Teferi 40MW
BIOMASS-3 SCS SOR I WERABESA Woliso Bedessa HARAR I & III
(Omo) GEBA I Gedja AWASH Alemaya
SCS SOR II Buno Wolkite Geda Wonji ALEMAYA DIESEL
Bedele 7 KILO Chelenko
KOKA
To HALELE AWASH II ADAMA I & II
TULLU MOYE Fik Degeh Bur Aware
South Sudan GEBA II AWASH III
Gore Butajira
Gonder (1st phase) Gambela
BARO II BARO I
Jimma
G. Gibe Adami Tulu
Old S/S ALUTO GEOTHERMAL I
Asela Domo
GENJI DIVERSION Gobesa
Hosaina
G. GIBE I CORBETTI ALUTO GEOTHERMAL II
To Tepi Bonga Aba G. GIBE II Melka

Lake
South Sudan Wakana

en
GOJEB Welaita Shashamene Robe

d
(2nd phase) Awasa

A
Warder
SOUTH Mizan Sodo Ramo

S U D A N of Aden
Tana
Yirgalem MELKA Kebri Dehar
Debra G. GIBE III WAKANA
Imi
Simulated mean wind speed at ABAYA

ulf of
Dilla
Tabor Yadot

G
Sawla Arba
100 m height above ground level m/s
Gulf
Weldiya Minch
Shakiso
Gode

High 12.4 Bahir Dar

G. GIBE IV Agere
Mariam
GENALE 3

Asayita KeyAfer

Negele GENALE 6 Ferfer

Borena
7.03
Dese Boku Luguma Dolo
(Mega) Odo

5.49 Lake Mega

Turkana 0 50 100 150 200 Kilometers
Moyale

Debre UGANDA KENYA 0 50 100 150 200 Miles

3.94 Scale accurate at 10 N

Markos Coordinate System: GCS WGS 1984 World Mercator, Datum: WGS 1984, Units: Meter

Low 2.0 Asosa

15N
Selected cities and towns ELEVATION
Source: Shuttle Radar
Region capitals Topography Mission
Dire Dawa (SRTM) 30
45E
National capital Harer
International boundaries Gimbi Jijiga
Nekemte
ADDIS ABABA Awash ELEVATION (m)
3,048
2,000
1,750
Nazret 1,500
Aware 1,250
Welkite Degeh Bur 1,000
Gambela Gore
750
Domo 500
Asela 250 0 75 150 Kilometers
100 0 75 150 Miles
Jima Hosaina Scale accurate at 10N

Bonga
Shashemene
Dodola Goba
Sodo Awasa Warder

SUMMARY
Kebri Dehar
Wendo
Imi

IBRD 42155 | APRIL 2016 This map of simulated wind speed in Ethiopia was prepared by The World Banks
Sources: 3E and DTU Wind for ESMAP. cartographic unit using mapping outputs provided by 3E and DTU Wind under contract
to The World Bank.
Copyright April 2016
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development /
THE WORLD BANK
It is one of several outputs from the wind resource mapping component of the activity
1818 H Street, NW | Washington DC 20433 | USA Renewable Energy Resource Mapping and Geospatial Planning Ethiopia [Project ID: P151309].
Negele
Ferfer This activity is funded and supported by the Energy Sector Management Assistance
The World Bank, ESMAP and the authoring firm(s) do not guar- Program (ESMAP), a multi-donor trust fund administered by The World Bank, under a
antee the accuracy of this data and accept no responsibility Yavello global initiative on Renewable Energy Resource Mapping. Further details on the initiative
whatsoever for any consequence of their use. The boundaries,
colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map can be obtained from the ESMAP website.
in this volume do not imply on the part of The World Bank any Dolo
judgment on the legal status of any territory or the endorsement Odo The maps presented are based on interim outputs from the associated project, and are
of acceptance of such boundaries. therefore preliminary and unvalidated. Users are strongly advised to exercise caution
Lake Mega
This dataset is licensed by The World Bank under a Creative
when utilizing the information presented, and should familiarize themselves with the
Turkana
I N D I A N
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The World Bank as the data provider, and make reference to the Moyale the context, methodology and constraints. These can be downloaded from the ESMAP
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the provider of funding for this work.The ESMAP Manager would next phase (2) of this project, measurements will be collected from a number of specially-
appreciate receiving a copy of the publication that uses this
Scale accurate at 10 N
O C E meteorological
commissioned AN stations throughout the country over a 24 month period,
data for its source sent via email to esmap@worldbank.org or to Coordinate System: GCS WGS 1984 World Mercator, Datum: WGS 1984, Units: Meter
the address above. and these will be used in the final phase (3) to develop a final, validated Ethiopia Wind
Atlas, which will be made publicly available.