Energy
The majority of rural and urban Tigray’s energy supply was heavily dependent on biomass; especially for cooking and baking. Access to electricity was heavily restricted to the towns and cities. The source of electricity was from the national grid. Before the war, there was an initiative from the government and non-governmental organisations to install solar PV for water pumps, rural clinics, and schools. However, the implementation was slow and was only implemented in a few rural areas.
The Need
- The two year war has completely devastated the energy sector similar to the other sectors. Grid infrastructures as well as distributed energy sources are looted or deliberately destroyed.
- The sole hydropower infrastructure in Tigray was deliberately bombed, power stations and transformers heavily damaged
- The wind turbines in Ashegoda and Messebo are deprived of maintenance. Currently, almost all the turbines are not functioning.
- Tigray at the moment is totally energy dependent from the central grid that is being put-on and put-off by the will of the federal government.
Our Focus
- Establish distributed power systems, that are supplied by Renewable energy sources, in rural Tigray
- Introduce Solar PV and Wind Turbine technologies that can be developed and installed with an existing local manpower
- Establish production and maintenance capabilities in rural and urban Tigray
- Train technicians that are capable of operating and maintaining the systems.