Modeling Energy for Sustainable Development in Ethiopia

Información del proyecto

MEND

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 886309

DOI

10.3030/886309

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 28 Marzo 2020

Fecha de inicio 15 Noviembre 2020

Fecha de finalización 14 Noviembre 2022

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 183 473,28

Aportación de la UE

€ 183 473,28

Coordinado por

UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA
Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - MEND (Modeling Energy for Sustainable Development in Ethiopia)

Período documentado: 2020-11-15 hasta 2022-11-14

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

Energy production and consumption are inextricably linked with the economy and the environment. The quantity and type of energy play crucial roles in shaping the sustainable development path of a country. The interlinkages are particularly important in low-income countries such as Ethiopia where biomass fuels account for more than 85% of the total energy consumed. Access to reliable energy enhances economic productivity and fosters industrialization. However, depending on the fuel type, energy consumption may result in detrimental effects on the quality of the environment and human health. As such, for a meaningful policy impact, energy research in developing countries should assess the linkages between energy, economy, and the environment. The project Modeling Energy for Sustainable Development in Ethiopia – MEND (15/11/2020 – 14/11/2022) aimed to assess the implications of alternative energy system pathways to the economy, quality of the environment, human health, and the SDGs in Ethiopia.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

The project attempted to highlight the main features of the energy sector in Ethiopia, to identify the potential data sources, and to choose an appropriate modeling approach suitable for analyzing the energy-economy-environment (E3) nexus in the contexts of the country. It organized detailed energy supply and demand data from various national and international sources. It assessed the energy, economic, and environmental aspects related to solid biomass fuels. It also provided a macroeconomic insight on the role of domestic biogas sector in the country. It calibrated of a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for Ethiopia. Most of the project results are published as open access articles and presented at several conferences while efforts to publish CGE model-based results are ongoing.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

The MEND project has placed a particular effort to incorporate as many as energy fuels relevant in the present and the future contexts of Ethiopia. The CGE model calibration improved the representations of the interlinkages between energy, economy, and the environment. The Ethiopian power sector is disaggregated into fifteen electricity-generation sources, of which six are basin-specific hydropower sources. Biomass fuels from agricultural wastes and electricity consumption by agricultural (irrigation) activities are explicitly represented. Besides, utmost efforts have been made to make the data and overall modeling framework flexible and usable to other SDG-related research questions (e.g. climate change, poverty, nutrition). Efforts are also ongoing to construct a comprehensive energy satellite account and to apply a techno-economic assessment energy model using the data from the project. Overall, the project results seek to provide insights on and to contribute to the scientific and policy discourses on the energy-economy-environment nexus in developing countries.

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