{"id":1334,"date":"2026-02-02T08:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:14:19","slug":"pm-officially-inaugurates-aysha-ii-wind-power-project-powering-a-new-era-of-clean-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/pm-officially-inaugurates-aysha-ii-wind-power-project-powering-a-new-era-of-clean-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Officially Inaugurates Aysha-II Wind Power Project, Powering a New Era of Clean Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AMN Plus-January 31\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has officially inaugurated the Aysha-II Wind Power Project, a landmark investment that reinforces Ethiopia\u2019s ambitious renewable energy agenda and long-term energy security strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement shared on his official social media platform, the Prime Minister noted that the flagship project, located in the Somali Region, stands as a cornerstone of Ethiopia\u2019s efforts to build a resilient and sustainable power system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With an annual generation capacity of 467 gigawatt-hours (GWh), Aysha-II delivers the reliable, scalable energy infrastructure required to support a modern, technology-driven economy,&#8221; said Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond its impressive capacity, the Aysha plains offer a strategic geographic advantage, ranking among East Africa\u2019s premier wind corridors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project\u2019s proximity to neighboring countries further positions Ethiopia as an emerging regional hub for cross-border energy trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guided by the principle of Medemer, the government remains committed to transforming Ethiopia\u2019s vast natural endowments into shared assets\u2014fostering economic integration and physically connecting the nations of the Horn of Africa through sustainable energy development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMN Plus-January 31\/2026 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has officially inaugurated the Aysha-II Wind Power Project, a landmark investment that reinforces Ethiopia\u2019s ambitious renewable energy agenda and long-term energy security strategy. In a statement shared on his official social media platform, the Prime Minister noted that the flagship project, located in the Somali Region, stands as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1336,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions\/1336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}