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Power plants in Ethiopia

A directory of 13 power plants in Ethiopia with a combined installed capacity of 4,024 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

13power plants
4,024MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Ethiopia)

Hydro: 11 plants11HydroWind: 1 plants1WindGeothermal: 1 plants1Geothermal

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Ethiopia electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

23gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
100.0%low-carbon electricity
100.0%renewables
0.0%fossil fuels
Hydro: 96 % of electricity96HydroWind: 3 % of electricity3WindSolar: 0 % of electricity0SolarOther Renewables: 0 % of electricity0Other Rene…

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Ethiopia

#PlantFuelMW
1Gilgel Gibe IIIHydro1,870
2BelesHydro460
3Gilgel Gibe IIHydro420
4TekezeHydro300
5AdamaWind204
6Gilgel Gibe IHydro184
7Melka WekanaHydro153
8FinchaHydro134
9Fincha Amerti NeshaHydro100
10Tis Abay IHydro84
11Awash IIHydro64
12KokaHydro43
13Aluto-LanganoGeothermal7

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Hydro (11)