The following page lists all power stations in Rwanda. The country is in the midst of a rapid expansion of its electrical grid, and many new plants are proposed or under construction. Rwanda planned to expand its grid power up to 556 MW in 2024. , the national installed generation capacity totaled 276.068 megawatts, with peak demand of 140.6MW.

Hydroelectric

Operational Hydroelectric station Community Coordinates River Type Name of reservoir Capacity (MW) Year completed Ntaruka Power Station Ntaruka Mukungwa River Run of river N/A 11.5 MW 1959 Mukungwa Power Station Mukungwa Mukungwa River Run of river N/A 12 MW 1982 Mukungwa II Power Station Mukungwa MUkungwa River Run of river N/A 2.5 MW 2010 Nyabarongo I Power Station NyabarongoNyabarongo River Run of river N/A 28 MW 2014 Rukarara Hydroelectric Power Station RukararaRiver Rukarara Run of river N/A 9.5 MW 2010Rusizi I Hydroelectric Power Station RusiziRusizi River Run of river N/A 30 MW 1958Rusizi II Hydroelectric Power Station RusiziRusizi River Run of river N/A 44 MW 1989

Proposed Hydroelectric station Community Coordinates River Type Name of reservoir Capacity (MW) Year completed Rusumo Power Station RusumoKagera River Run of river N/A 80 MW 2023 (expected) Nyabarongo II Power Station NyabarongoNyabarongo River Run of river N/A 43 MW 2027 Rusizi III Power Station RusiziRuzizi River Run of river N/A 147 MW 2023 Rusizi IV Power Station RusiziRuzizi River Run of river N/A 287 MW 2025

Thermal

Operational

Thermal power station Community Coordinates Fuel type Capacity Year completed Name of owner NotesKivuWatt Power Station Kibuye, Karongi District Methane 25 MW 2015 Contour Global Under expansion to 100 MW Kibuye Power Plant 1 Kibuye, Karongi District Methane 3.5MW 2012 Government of RwandaGishoma Thermal Power StationRusizi District, Western RwandaPeat15 MW2016Shengli Energy Group and Punj Lloyd

Proposed Thermal power station Community Coordinates Fuel type Capacity Year completed Name of owner NotesGisagara Thermal Power Station Gisagara District, Southern Rwanda Peat 80 MW 2021 (expected) Hakan Symbion Thermal Power Station Nyamyumba, Gisenyi, Rubavu District Methane 50 MW 2018 (expected) Symbion Power Inc. Can be expanded to 100 MW

Solar

Operational

Solar power station Community Coordinates Fuel type Capacity Year completed Name of owner Notes Ngoma Solar Power Station Kibungo, Ngoma District Solar 2.4 MW 2011 Government of RwandaRwamagana Solar Power Station Agahozo, Rwamagana District Solar 8.5 MW 2015 Scatec Solar Company & Gigawatt Global Cooperatief Nasho Solar Power Plant Rwinkwavu, Rwamagana District Solar 3.3 MW 2018 Rwanda Energy Group

See also

Energy in Rwanda List of largest power stations in the world List of power stations in Africa

References

External links Rwanda’s power costs set to decline East Africa Speeds Up Energy Projects Kivuwatt