Overview
Rwanda Energy Group provides energy in the whole country through four different main areas: Generation; Transmission, Distribution and Access to electricity.
ELECTRICITY ACCESS PROJECTS
Electricity access is still low in the country, around 67.1% of the population have access to electricity (48.6% on-grid and 18.5% off-grid).
Rural electrification is prioritised and the government targets to connect 48% of households with off-grid by 2024. Households remain the largest consumers of electricity and mainly use the electricity for lighting purposes. Productive use areas are the second largest consumers; The major industrial consumers include companies in cement, mining, textiles, services and the agricultural sectors
Considering the figures stated above; there is still a long journey to achieve the 100% access to electricity by 2024 (15% off-grid and 85% on-grid) and the country plans to increase its power generation.
GENERATION PROJECTS
When talking about generation, this is the process of building infrastructures made of civil works, electro-mechanical equipment (generator, turbines, boilers, penstocks, etc.) on source of technologies such as water, methane gas; sun, diesel to produce electricity or other form of energy.
Power generation opportunities have been identified in the following areas:
Hydropower Generation Development: This includes large, medium, small, mini and micro hydropower projects, Opportunities in consultancy, feasibility studies and EPC contracting.
Development of Methane Gas to Power: project development on lake kivu, feasibility studies and EPC contracting
Solar power development: Rwanda has attracted private investment in this sector and will likely continue to attract the private sector to develop Solar PV projects
Geothermal Power Development: Opportunities lie in exploration & prospecting, feasibility studies, EPC contracting
Peat to power: Opportunities are in projects development in this process of converting the available peat resources to power.
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION PROJECTS
The generated power must be transmitted and distributed to end -users. The transmission of the generated power is mainly from generation plants or substations with voltage levels of 220,110, 30 & 15 KV.
Related Projects
110kV Jabana-Mt. Kigali-Gahanga and associated substations
The project consists of building a 27km long 110KV transmission line linking Jabana, Mont Kigali up to Gahanga Substation.
View projectRuzizi III
Rusizi III Hydropower (145MW) construction project is supported by the World Bank, EU, AfDB among others with an expected investment capital of $450 million and is expected to be completed by 2024. The project is being developed under CEPGL umbrella for Rwanda, Burundi and DRC. Rusizi III hydropower project planned to generate 147MW and the power output w…
View projectKigali Network Strenghening 2
Rehabilitation of MV underground cable within Kigali city Centre, construction of a 1.5km four circuit overhead line between Gikondo and KBC; replacement of MV underground cables from KBC to Christus. This Project is divided in 3 lots:
View project110 kV Gasogi-KSEZ
The project consists of building a 2.2km long 110KV transmission line linking Gasogi substation to Kigali Special Economic Zone
View projectShema Power Lake Kivu
Shema Power Lake Kivu Limited (SPLK ltd) signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Rwanda Energy Group (REG) for a 56 MW net power output from methane gas. The Power plant will be located on Nyamyumba sector in Rubavu District. The first barge will provide 14 MW of electricity 15 months after the project reaches Financial Close.
View projectKigali Network Strenghening 1 - 1
Improved stability of power supply in Bugesera and parts of Kigali by replacing a10MVA transformer by a 20MVA at Mont Kigali substation
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