Power transmission
Regarding suitable sites for generating electricity, Ethiopia did a lot of exploration in recent years, including determining the expected levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for each site, electricity source and power plant including the construction of necessary power transmission lines, auxiliary infrastructures like access roads, etc. The LCOE values also depend on a multitude of boarder conditions like the capacity factor, the assumed lifetime of a power plant and other boarder conditions often being country-specific (which are not provided here). In some cases, the costs for power transmission lines make up to 0.02 $/kWh of the provided LCOE. Power transmission losses account for up to 0.007 $/kWh. The LCOE given in all tables below therefore cannot be directly compared to that of other countries in Africa and of the World in general.