Ethiopia, Denmark explore ways to transition into Green Energy

Addis Ababa, September 3, 2020 (FBC) – Ethiopia and Denmark today launched a webinar series entitled “How to achieve the energy transition from the Climate Action Submit to green recovery” in the presence of UN Deputy General Secretary.

Ethiopian Minister of Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Dr. Sileshi Bekele Danish Development Cooperation Minister, Rasmus Prehn, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed, Danish Climate, Energy and Services Minister, Dan Jorgensen, among others have taken part in today’s Webinar Series.

The discussion stressed a need to financing and partnership to address the gap for the electricity by reaching 840 Million people in world of which 60M people are in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia took the initiative of having drafted governance structure and Roadmap focusing on Leaving No one Behind to assist the Energy Deficit countries by acting as intermediaries between aid demanding countries and helping international institutions, said Dr. Sileshi Bekele on the occasion.

Energy Demand will continue to increase as a significant enabler to implement COVID19 response plans, as establishing quarantine, isolation and treatment centers, communications, & information outreach activities while creating additional burden on the sector, he said.

Dr. Sileshi noted the webinar came at a time when heavy rain is wreaking devastating flooding in and peple are being displaced due to related hazardous conditions Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya and Uganda stressing a need to shift into renewable energy sources to tackle the prpblem.

Dr. Sileshi said Ethiopia and Denmark have been jointly undertaking productive activities to achieve the transition into renewable energy.