Rwanda’s energy sector is characterized by a diverse mix of energy sources and a strong commitment to increasing access to electricity.
Rwanda’s energy targets under the National Strategy for Transformation 2 (NST2) focus on achieving universal electricity access and enhancing the overall energy capacity of the nation.
The country aims to scale the adoption of clean and biomass-efficient cooking solutions and explore and develop nuclear technology for productive uses in the health, energy, and agriculture sectors.
- Total installed power generation capacity of 408.9 MW
- Electricity Access rate estimated to 75.9 % (54 % on-grid and 21.9 % off-grid)
- Rwanda’s generation technology, 51% is from thermal sources,43.9% from Hydro and 4.2% from Solar sources
- Standalone solar systems for households and other users
- KivuWatt generating electricity from methane by Contour Global
- Hakan generating electricity from peat
- Shema Power generating electricity from Methane
- Gigawatt Global generating electricity from solar
- Mobisol supplying standalone systems
- Rwanda Mountain operating Micro hydropower
- Prime Energy operating Micro hydropower
- Ngali Energy developing Micro hydropower
- Ignite Power supplying standalone systems
- Bboxx Capital supplying standalone systems
