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ALEBACHEW AZEZEW BELETE

ALEBACHEW AZEZEW BELETE

Head of Energy Information Administration and Modeling Desk
Seoul

Summary

Senior Energy Expert, Researcher, and Physics Instructor with over a total 15 years of work experience specially in energy, renewable energy, energy modeling, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Skilled in applying advanced energy modeling tools (LEAP, OSeMOSYS, TIMES, R-Programming language, Matlab, HOMER, SPSS, STATA, MICROFIT, etc.) for long-term energy scenario development, hydrogen production optimization, and electricity system planning. Proven track record in coordinating international collaborative projects, delivering technical training, and contributing to national and international energy policy and strategy development. Recipient of the Best Paper Award at Seoul National University for research on long-term energy scenario modeling.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
15
15
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

Head of Energy Information Administration and Modeling Desk, Senior Energy Researcher, Senior Energy Expert

Ministry of Water and Energy, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
01.2013 - Current
  • Led national energy modeling projects, including Ethiopia’s Electricity Sector TIMES Model (with IFPRI and AfDB).
  • Coordinated renewable energy and climate change mitigation projects in collaboration with national and international institutes.
  • Gave trainings on renewable sources and technologies, such as solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal biomass, waste-to energy, biogas and biofuel; manufactured solar box cookers and solar water heater
  • Addis Ababa Environmental Protection Authority, Energy Division, Addis Ababa

Physics Teacher and Instructor

Different Educational Institutions, Ethiopia
04.2003 - 01.2013
  • Taught physics and supervised academic programs in different regions.

Education

Ph.D. - Engineering (Energy-Economics)

Seoul National University
Seoul, South Korea
08.2025

M.Sc. - Environment and Climate Change Management (Energy Specialization)

Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
08.2017

M.Sc. - Computational Science (Engineering Numerical Analysis, one year, using R-Programming Language)

Bahir Dar University
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
08.2007

Degree - Physics

Haramaya University
Haramaya, Ethiopia
08.2002

Skills

Energy Modeling and Optimization: LEAP, OSeMOSYS, TIMES, HOMER, RETScreen, ArcGIS

Accomplishments

    Best Paper Award in 2022 at Seoul National University, Practically Manufactured solar box cooker, solar cookit and solar water hear.

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  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
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Certification

June 21 – July 27, 2021: Energy Policy (Online), Japan International Cooperation Agency and Institute of Energy Economics, Japan.

References

  • Claudia, Ringler, Deputy Division Director, C.RINGLER@CGIAR.ORG, +1 514 462 8538, International Food Policy Research Institute, 1201 Eye Street NW, Washington DC, USA, 20005
  • Dereje, Azemeraw Seneshaw, Deputy Director, daz.ethio@gmail.com, +82 10-9530-9996, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Seoul, South Korea
  • Yeonbae, Kim, Professor, kimy4321@gmail.com, Seoul National University, Ph.D. Dissertation Advisor, Seoul, South Korea
  • HeyJung, Lee, Manager, 1212leehj@snu.ac.kr, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
  • Ali, Aman, Former Director, aliaman8@yahoo.com, +251 911 163 990, Ministry of Water and Energy, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Abiti, Getaneh, Former Director, abityeshi@gmail.com, +251 911 670 313, Ministry of Water and Energy, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Sisay, Teklu, Former Senior Researcher, sisay_teklu@yahoo.com, +251 96 911 9879, Ministry of Water and Energy, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

AWARDS

Best Paper Award: SNU i-TEMEP SeAH Hajam Fellowship (2022)., “Energy Modeling and Long-term Scenario Analysis Using TIMES: The Case of Ethiopia”

PUBLICATIONS

Rural clean energy access: Accelerating climate resilience

Disclaimer

Alebachew Azezew Belete 2025/09/19

Applied for

Senior / Staff Power Cell Development Engineer

Timeline

Head of Energy Information Administration and Modeling Desk, Senior Energy Researcher, Senior Energy Expert

Ministry of Water and Energy, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
01.2013 - Current

Physics Teacher and Instructor

Different Educational Institutions, Ethiopia
04.2003 - 01.2013

M.Sc. - Environment and Climate Change Management (Energy Specialization)

Addis Ababa

M.Sc. - Computational Science (Engineering Numerical Analysis, one year, using R-Programming Language)

Bahir Dar University

Degree - Physics

Haramaya University

Ph.D. - Engineering (Energy-Economics)

Seoul National University
ALEBACHEW AZEZEW BELETEHead of Energy Information Administration and Modeling Desk