{"id":46077,"date":"2022-06-27T08:06:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T08:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/hydropower-plant-expected-to-supply-electricity-to-175-000-households\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T09:46:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T09:46:19","slug":"hydropower-plant-expected-to-supply-electricity-to-175-000-households","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/hydropower-plant-expected-to-supply-electricity-to-175-000-households\/","title":{"rendered":"Hydropower plant expected to supply electricity to 175,000 households inaugurated in Nyamagabe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hydropower plant built over River Rukarara was officially inaugurated on Sunday 26th June 2022 by Prime Minister, Dr. Edouard Ngirente along with his counterpart of Mauritius, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth.<\/p>\n<p>The hydropower plant was constructed by a company dubbed Omnihydro Power Plant Ltd from 2017 until 2022. With the capacity of generating 5.5 Megawatts, it was completed at a tune of more than Rwf32 billion. <\/p>\n<p>The CEO of Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Clare Akamanzi has said that Rwanda entered partnership with Mauritius as both countries share ambitions of attracting investors and fostering cooperation for interests of their people.  <\/p>\n<p>Mauritius Prime Minister, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth hailed Rwanda for having provided conducive environment to investors from his country.  <\/p>\n<p>He also underscored that the fruitful collaboration with Rwanda which led to the establishment of hydropower plant reflects how African countries can achieve great things by working together. <\/p>\n<p>Jugnauth assured continued collaboration with Rwanda in different development activities.  <\/p>\n<p>Premier Ngirente extolled existing collaboration between both countries to advance citizen-centered development noting that the hydropower plant will contribute to Rwanda\u2019s target to achieve universal access to electricity by 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked Nyamagabe residents for having worked with investors to complete the facility and urged them to take good care of provided infrastructure. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ngirente revealed that the plant has already connected over 120 households with electricity and assured remaining residents that the Government of Rwanda continues to expend much effort to connect their houses. <\/p>\n<p>Figures show that the plant provided jobs to more than 600 residents during constructions activities. <\/p>\n<p>The power plant is an addition to existing four others built over River Rukarara.  <\/p>\n<p>These include Rukarara I which produces 9.5 Megawatts and Rukara II generating 2.7 Megawatts among others.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43084 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abayobozi_batandukanye_basobanuriwe_imikorere_y_urugomero_rw_amashanyarazi_rwa_mushishito_rukarara_v-27b9f.jpg\" alt=\"Officials were taken through the functioning of Mushishito Rukarara V Hydro Power Plant. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43080 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/nyuma_yo_gutaha_ku_mugaragaro_urwo_rugomero_rw_amashanyarazi_bafashe_ifoto_y_urwibutso-d3ffd.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43079 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ni_urugomero_rwubatse_mu_murenge_wa_kibilizi_mu_karere_ka_nyamagabe-510ff.jpg\" alt=\"The hydro power plant has the capacity of generating 5.5 megawatts. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43078 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ni_urugomero_rufite_ubushobozi_bwo_gutanga_umuriro_wa_megawatt_5.5__rwuzuye_rutwaye_amafaranga_asaga_miliyari_32_frw-8dbfe.jpg\" alt=\"The hydropower plant built over River Rukarara was officially inaugurated on Sunday 26th June 2022. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43082 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abayobozi_bitabiriye_icyo_gikorwa_bafashe_ifoto_y_urwibutso-92eb1.jpg\" alt=\"Officials who graced the event in a group photo. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43085 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/allk.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43086 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/minisitiri_w_intebe_dr_ngirente_yafatanije_na_mugenzi_we_w_ibirwa_bya_maurice_pravind_kumar_jugnaut_gutaha_ku_mugaragaro_urugomero_rw_amashanyarazi_rwa_mushishito_rukarara_v-ff778.jpg\" alt=\"Premier Dr. Ngirente officially inaugurated the power plant along with his counterpart of Mauritius, Pravind Kumar Jugnaut.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Mushishito Hydropower Plant with the capacity to supply electricity to more than 175,000 households has been inaugurated in Kibirizi Sector of Nyamagabe District.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-46077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","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 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