Ethiopia’s Tulu Moye geothermal project in the Main Ethiopian Rift drew attention in 2018 when Icelandic engineering firms Mannvit and Verkís were reported as consultants on development work—part of a wider push to add geothermal to a power mix still dominated by hydropower.
AFRIK 21 and sector coverage placed Tulu Moye among several Rift Valley prospects where drilling risk, financing, and grid offtake determine whether “clean baseload” power actually reaches industry and cities.
For Horn business and energy readers, geothermal remains strategic: it can diversify away from drought-sensitive hydro, support industrial parks, and attract Nordic and multilateral technical partners—if exploration wells and power-purchase deals hold.
Sources: AFRIK 21, ThinkGeoEnergy
