Poverty of Energy and Its Impact on Living Standards in Ethiopia

Table 1

Energy resource potential and percentage of its potential usage in Ethiopia.

Resource	Exploitable reserve	Exploited percent (%)
Hydropower	45000 MW	0.06
Solar irradiance	4–6 kWh/m^2/day	0.01
Wind: power	100 GW	0.01
Geothermal	<10,000 MW	0.01
Firewood	1120 million tons	50
Agricultural waste	15–20 million tons	30
Natural gas	113 billion cubic meters	0
Coal	300 million tons	0
Oil shale	253 million tons	0