Project Objective
To increase Supply of Electricity to the National Grids of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania
- Capacity to be installed: 80 MW
- Beneficiaries: 27MW for each member country's national grid
- Location: Kagera River: Northwest Tanzania in Ngara district and Southeast Rwanda in Kirehe district
- Project Cost: 340 Million USD for the Power Plant funded by the World Bank and 128.6 Million USD for the Transmission Lines funded by the African Development Bank
- Ownership: Rusumo Power Company Limited (RPCL) owned by Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania
- Implementing Agency: Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP) on behalf of RPCL
- Owner’s Engineer: Joint venture of AECOM-ARTELIA from Canada and France
- Contractor CP1: Joint Venture of CGCOC Group and Jiangxi Water & Hydropower Construction Company (JWHC) China
- Contractor CP2: Joint Venture of Andritz Hydro Germany and Andritz Hydro India
- Power Plant Component
- Construction period: 2017-2020 (36 months)
- Dam Type: concrete / Height: 13m / Length including spillway: 116m
- Headrace tunnel: Length: 700m / Width x height: 9m x 12-13m
- Power house: Installed capacity: 80MW (497GWh/year)
- Tailrace canal: 250m long and 45m wide
- Switchyard: 220 kV
Key Project Milestones
- ESIA & RAP studies completed: February 2013
- Project Financing Agreements signed: 11thOctober 2013
- Rusumo Power Company Limited (RPCL) established: April 2013
- Preparations, negotiations and signing of various Project Agreements
- Project financing effectiveness: 11thJuly 2014
- Owners Engineer recruited: June 2014
- Compensation and land acquisition: Completed
- Construction contracts signed: 9thNovember 2016
- Construction commencement: February 2017
- Completion and Commissioning: February 2020