{"id":1138,"date":"2011-11-17T04:56:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T04:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/german-gives-eur36-25m-for-rwanda-drc-power-line\/"},"modified":"2011-11-17T16:26:43","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T16:26:43","slug":"german-gives-eur36-25m-for-rwanda-drc-power-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/german-gives-eur36-25m-for-rwanda-drc-power-line\/","title":{"rendered":"German Gives \u20ac36.25M for Rwanda-DRC Power Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{{The German Development Bank (KFW) has given Rwanda a grant of Euros 36.25M that will be used for the construction of  a power transmission line to the Democratic Republic of Congo.}}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-910 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/minister_rwangombwa_r_with_kfw_director_daniela_after_signing_a_financial_agreement.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Daniela Beckmann(Left in photo) the KFW country director noted that combined effort in generating power in the region was essential especially in lowering the cost of energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are supporting similar project in Burundi which will later be combined in both Congo and Rwanda\u2019s grid,\u201d Daniela said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister of finance John Rwagombwa who signed the grant on behalf of  Rwanda government noted that the aim was to establish a regional power pool. \u201cThis is a high voltage transmission line that is connecting six countries in the region,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Rwagombwa added that Rwanda\u2019s methane power can also be used to boost electricity in the region, \u201cThis connection is important and it will open doors for the sale of our methane power,\u201d he commented. <\/p>\n<p>Charles Kanyamihigo the director of infrastructure development noted that the construction of the 200 Km transmission line is scheduled for completion in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cables will be placed above the fact that requires an expert to oversee the process, so work commences immediately we get someone competent,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{The German Development Bank (KFW) has given Rwanda a grant of Euros 36.25M that will be used for the construction of a power transmission line to the Democratic Republic of Congo.}} Daniela Beckmann(Left in photo) the KFW country director noted that combined effort in generating power in the region was essential especially in lowering the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[158],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-1138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-b_igi_adm1n"],"bylines":[{"id":158,"name":"b_igi_adm1n","slug":"b_igi_adm1n","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":1}],"contributors":[{"id":158,"name":"b_igi_adm1n","slug":"b_igi_adm1n","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":1}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}