Project description
Studying Ethiopia’s environment-energy-economy interactions
The environment-energy-economy interlinkages in Ethiopia are important but have yet to be studied. Current research focuses on the supply side of a specific energy source. The EU-funded MEND project will focus on the interaction between energy sources and the interaction of energy with environment and economy. It will also consider the demand side. The project will use a partial equilibrium energy model and an economy-wide general equilibrium model. The findings will be useful in the development of Ethiopia’s future energy policy. Currently, the country relies on traditional biomass energy sources. Barely a quarter of total households in Ethiopia use electricity as a source of light in their houses, while the vast majority of households depend on biomass for cooking fuel.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energypetroleum
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyhydroelectricity
- agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass
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Funding Scheme
MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
Coordinator
30123 Venezia
Italy
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