Inception Review, Enhanced Danish-Ethiopian Energy Partnership (DEEP)

DEEP is based on government-to-government cooperation involving the Danish Energy Agency and the Danish Energinet, with the purpose of strengthening Ethiopia’s Nationally Determined Contribution NDC in accordance with the Paris Agreement and to support broad-based economic growth through strengthening of the energy sector’s performance. DEEP comprises 3 projects: i) energy planning and modelling; ii) wind power development; iii) system integration of variable renewable energy. After the Programme Documents were updated in early 2023, DEEP was finally approved by the Danish Minister for development cooperation and global climate policy on 10 February 2023 and an Inception Phase was launched. The purpose of the Inception Review was to support the Embassy of Denmark in the management of the support provided and to secure the best possible start of DEEP.