Bioenergy Production Potential of Available Biomass Residue Resources in Ethiopia

Table 1

Estimated municipal solid wastes generation and bioenergy potential.

Geographical area	Population (million)^a	Waste generated (million·kg·y^−1)	Potential bioenergy (PJ·y^−1)
Oromia region	3.33	608	2.73
Addis Ababa city administration	2.75	502	2.26
Amhara region	2.12	387	1.74
S.N.N.P region	1.50	274	1.23
Tigray region	0.85	155	0.70
Somali region	0.63	114	0.51
Dire Dawa city administration	0.23	43	0.19
Afar region	0.19	34	0.15
Benishangul-Gumuz region	0.11	19	0.09
Harari region	0.10	18	0.08
Gambella region	0.08	14	0.06
Total			9.76

^aProjected population data in cites only.