{"id":277429,"date":"2019-05-29T02:04:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T06:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMifmh0dHA6Ly93d3cuZnV0dXJlZGlyZWN0aW9ucy5vcmcuYXUvcHVibGljYXRpb24vYXMtd2F0ZXItbGV2ZWxzLWRyb3AtaW4tZXRoaW9waWFuLXJpdmVycy1lbGVjdHJpY2l0eS1nZW5lcmF0aW9uLWlzLXB1dC1hdC1yaXNrL9IBAA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:27:44","slug":"analysts-said-falling-river-levels-put-ethiopias-electricity-generation-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277429","title":{"rendered":"Analysts said falling river levels put Ethiopia\u2019s electricity generation at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2019 Future Directions International published an analysis arguing that dropping water levels in Ethiopian rivers were putting hydropower generation and growth plans at risk.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-277392\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Koysha-Hydroelectric-project-workers-voice-grievances.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Analysts said falling river levels put Ethiopia\u2019s electricity generation at risk\" \/>\n<p>Ethiopia\u2019s grid still leaned on dams, so drought and low reservoirs quickly became industrial and household blackouts, not only farm news.<\/p>\n<p>The warning sat beside official rationing that cut exports to Djibouti and Sudan while domestic users rotated through outage shifts.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as energy and climate archive, the Future Directions note dates one outside assessment of Ethiopia\u2019s hydro vulnerability in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futuredirections.org.au\/publication\/as-water-levels-drop-in-ethiopian-rivers-electricity-generation-is-put-at-risk\/\">Future Directions<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Water Levels Drop in Ethiopian Rivers, Electricity Generation is Put at Risk&nbsp;&nbsp;Future Directions InternationalBackground. A drop in water levels in Ethiopian dams has led to electricity rationing in its domestic and industrial sectors, acco&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":277392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Koysha-Hydroelectric-project-workers-voice-grievances.jpg?fit=475%2C266&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1aaF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277429"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754954,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277429\/revisions\/754954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}