{"id":40471,"date":"2019-12-06T12:21:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T12:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-launches-220-kilowatts-shango-power\/"},"modified":"2019-12-10T09:22:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T09:22:03","slug":"rwanda-launches-220-kilowatts-shango-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-launches-220-kilowatts-shango-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda launches 220 Kilowatts Shango Power station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The station will allow Rwanda to expand its power production capacity and reach the international market.<\/p>\n<p>The station will also allow Rwanda to receive and share power with neighboring countries including Burundi, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n<p>The project is part of Rwanda\u2019s agenda to protect the environment by cutting on the energy lost during transmission and will allow easier access to power between countries at a relatively lower cost.<\/p>\n<p>Shango station has transmission lines that connect with Uganda, DRC, Burundi, and Tanzania. <\/p>\n<p>The interconnected transmission line will allow the above-mentioned countries to receive and share power.<\/p>\n<p>Gatete says that a project like this one in a country that has the goal of providing power to all its citizens by 2024 is an important milestone. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe station comes at an opportune moment as it has high voltage transmission lines that will deliver electricity over long distances. It has a transmission capacity of 220 Kilovolts and will allow Rwanda to receive and share power with neighboring countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shango construction project was sponsored by the African Development Bank (Afbd) and German government-owned KfW development bank. It will cost $14.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from reducing the cost of electricity for EAC citizens, the project has attracted the sponsorship of Afdb in various other power supply activities.<\/p>\n<p>Martha Phiri, AfDB Country Director commended the efforts of the Government of Rwanda throughout the construction and completion of Shango Power station. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll this is a collective gain by Rwandans and their government. This is all we have been waiting for to provide opportunities to the Rwandan youth to apply their knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gatete added that Rwanda and the neighboring countries involved in this project are finalizing agreements so that the station can be put to use.<\/p>\n<p>The station will provide job opportunities to more than 800 Rwandan and add to the 70 Megawatts expected from Gisagara Peat Power Plant in July 2020.<\/p>\n<p>It is expected that in March 2020, there will be an additional 56 Megawatts produced from Kivu Lake and 43 Megawatts from Nyabarongo II.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33830 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1a0a9411-6db51.jpg\" alt=\"The Minister of Infrastructure, Claver Gatete has officially opened a new power transition facility in Shango, Nduba sector, Gasabo District\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33831 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abayobozi_basobanuriwe_imikorere_y_iyo_sitasiyo-139e8.jpg\" alt=\"The project is part of Rwanda\u2019s agenda to protect the environment by cutting on the energy lost during transmission and will allow an easier access to power between countries at a relatively lower cost.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33832 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ambasaderi_w_u_budage_mu_rwanda_dr._thomas_kurz_yavuze_ko_uyu_mushinga_ugamije_guhindura_imibereho_y_abaturage_kandi_ko_uzafasha_ubukungu_bw_u_rwanda_avuga_ko_bazakomeza_ubufatanye_mu_kubaka_igihugu_cyiza_cy_u_rwand.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33833 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/minisitiri_claver_gatete_hagati_na_ambasaderi_dr._thomas_kurz_ibiryo_i_basuye_ibice_bitandukanye_by_iyo_sitasiyo_-0a018.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33834 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abakozi_bahawe_impamyabushobozi_-524b7.jpg\" alt=\"Shango construction project was sponsored by the African Development Bank (Afbd) and German government-owned KfW development bank. It will cost $14.8 billion.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33835 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abayobozi_bishimiye_abubatswe_iyo_sitasiyo_-e7ed1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33836 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_wa_banki_nyafurika_itsura_amajyambere_mu_rwanda_martha_phiri_yavuze_ko_bashyigikira_uyu_mushinga_uzatuma_abaturage_boroherwa_n_ikiguzi_cy_umuriro_w_amashanyarazi-e74a6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33837 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mu_guhuza_imiyoboro_uganda_izafatira_kagitumba_rdc_ifatire_i_rubavu_naho_tanzaniya_izafatira_rusumo-af0a7.jpg\" alt=\"The station will allow Rwanda to expand its power production capacity and reach the international market.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33838 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abakozi_b_abanyarwanda_bashimiwe_cyane_kubera_kuyubaka_neza_kandi_mu_gihe_gito-9a8c5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Infrastructure, Claver Gatete has officially opened a new power transition facility in Shango, Nduba sector, Gasabo District that has the capacity to transmit 220 Kilowatts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-40471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40471","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40471"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=40471"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=40471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}