Governing the Invisible Grid: Ethiopia’s Missing Biomass Account

Ethiopia is pursuing major national energy ambitions, symbolized by the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and expanding high-voltage transmission lines that cross the landscape to facilitate electricity exports.

Despite these visible infrastructure developments in Addis Ababa and major regional cities, the country faces a significant policy and resource tracking challenge regarding its energy landscape, specifically referred to as a missing biomass account within the invisible grid governing national energy resources.