{"id":54663,"date":"2025-06-26T11:59:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T11:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-s-nyabarongo-ii-power-project-50-complete\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T10:08:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:08:49","slug":"rwanda-s-nyabarongo-ii-power-project-50-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-s-nyabarongo-ii-power-project-50-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda\u2019s Nyabarongo II power project 50% complete"},"content":{"rendered":"

The plant, once operational, will generate 43.5 megawatts (MW) of electricity and will feature a dam that enables consistent energy production by storing water. The dam will also support irrigation in surrounding areas.<\/p>\n

Speaking before the Parliament\u2019s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on June 25, 2025, during a hearing on the Auditor General\u2019s 2024 report, EDCL Director General Felix Gakuba confirmed that significant progress has been made on the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have completed 50% of the construction work and expect to make substantial additional progress by the end of the year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Gakuba explained that the powerhouse has already begun to take shape and now stands at its first-floor level. At the same time, the dam\u2019s foundation is fully in place, and work has progressed onto the upper sections\u2014an effort that is projected to require an additional five to six months to complete. <\/p>\n

Beyond these primary structures, planning is well underway for the subsequent phases of the project, which include constructing access roads and installing other critical structural components.<\/p>\n

The official noted that most of the plant\u2019s equipment has been manufactured in China and is already in transit to Rwanda.<\/p>\n

\u201cConstruction of the transmission infrastructure has also begun, and contractors are already on-site. Much of the required equipment is on the way from China, where it was produced. Our team travelled there to inspect the materials while the Auditor General\u2019s audit was underway.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gakuba reaffirmed the project’s positive momentum, noting that close supervision and adequate resource allocation are helping to keep the work on track.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are closely monitoring the project and have not encountered any major setbacks. We are confident it will be completed to standard, as we are dedicating all necessary resources to ensure its success.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Nyabarongo II hydropower plant is being built by Sino Hydro Corporation. It spans 600 hectares across Rulindo and Gakenke districts in the Northern Province, and Kamonyi District in the Southern Province.<\/p>\n

Although the project was originally scheduled for completion by December 2026, construction delays have pushed the expected completion date to 2027 or 2028.<\/p>\n

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The Rwanda Energy Development Corporation Limited (EDCL) has announced that construction of the Nyabarongo II hydropower plant has reached 50% completion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000089850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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":{"id":2000089850,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/8d6d5.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/8d6d5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/8d6d5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/8d6d5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/8d6d5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/8d6d5.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54663","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\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000089850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54663"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54663"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}