{"id":658033,"date":"2026-09-16T10:53:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/16\/ethiopia-cuts-bitcoin-miners-power-by-77-amid-hydropower-shortage-report\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:53:41","slug":"ethiopia-cuts-bitcoin-miners-power-by-77-amid-hydropower-shortage-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/16\/ethiopia-cuts-bitcoin-miners-power-by-77-amid-hydropower-shortage-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia cuts Bitcoin miners\u2019 power by 77% amid hydropower shortage: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ethiopia<\/p>\n

Bitcoin miners generated 35% of the state-owned power producer\u2019s revenue last year, but declining reservoir inflows led the utility to prioritize households and manufacturers.<\/p>\n

Ethiopia has reportedly reduced electricity delivered to Bitcoin miners to 23% of contracted levels as lower water inflows strain the country\u2019s hydroelectric reservoirs.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported<\/a> that El Ni\u00f1o intensified dry conditions in the east African country, reducing water inflows into its reservoirs by 20%. Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) CEO Ashebir Balcha said the company cut power to miners to prioritize households and manufacturers.<\/p>\n

Balcha said EEP initially reduced deliveries to 75% of contracted levels, easing to 50% and then 23%. The company will reassess conditions in October and could impose further reductions or even restrict electricity exports to neighboring countries, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin miners generated 35% of the state-owned power producer\u2019s revenue last year, but declining reservoir inflows led the utility to prioritize households and manufacturers. Ethiopia has reportedly reduced electricity delivered to Bitcoin miners to 23% of contracted levels as lower water inflows strain the country\u2019s hydroelectric reservoirs. On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that El Ni\u00f1o intensified […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":658035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-658033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}