Mineral Resources Potential - Geothermal Resources

232 Mind Resources Potentid of Ethiopia
- Detailed investigation ongoing; Dofan and Fantale;
- Reconnaissance stage; Kone, Meteka, Danab, Teo and
Abhe.
Energy is an important element in Ethiopia's development strategy,
because it could be a source of foreign excbge and is a catalyst
for industrial progress. Ethiopia has a diversity of modern energy
sources (hydro, geothermal, solar, natural gas, etc.), but still relies
on imported petroleum and petroleum products, Energy
consumption in Ethiopia is made up of less than 1 % electricity,
about 5.4% hydrocarbon fuels and the balance, traditional biomass
fuels (EEPCO Data File). Currently, about 90% of the rural
population still relies on traditional biomass fuel (wood) as their