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Power Plants in Ethiopia

Ethiopia has 13 power plants on the map, adding up to about 4 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is hydro. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.

POWER PLANTS13

TOTAL CAPACITY4 GW

MOST COMMON FUELHydro

By fuel

How Ethiopia’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.

Hydro11 · 85% · 4 GW

Wind1 · 8% · 204 MW

Geothermal1 · 8% · 7 MW

Largest power plants in Ethiopia

The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.

1,870 MWGilgel Gibe IIIHydro2015

460 MWBelesHydro2010

420 MWGilgel Gibe IIHydro2010

300 MWTekezeHydro2009

204 MWAdamaWind

184 MWGilgel Gibe IHydro2004

153 MWMelka WekanaHydro1983

134 MWFinchaHydro1973

100 MWFincha Amerti NeshaHydro2011

84 MWTis Abay IHydro

64 MWAwash IIHydro1996

43 MWKokaHydro1960

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