{"id":56163,"date":"2025-11-04T11:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/new-frw-60-billion-lpg-depot-to-boost-rwanda-s-energy-security\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T10:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T10:41:24","slug":"new-frw-60-billion-lpg-depot-to-boost-rwanda-s-energy-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/new-frw-60-billion-lpg-depot-to-boost-rwanda-s-energy-security\/","title":{"rendered":"New Frw 60 billion LPG depot to boost Rwanda\u2019s energy security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The facility being developed by Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 P\u00e9troli\u00e8re (SP) will store up to 9,000 tonnes of LPG, enough to meet the country\u2019s cooking gas needs for around two months. It includes daily-use tanks already in place and larger long-term storage spheres currently under construction.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the New Times, SP Managing Director Claudien Habimana said the depot will not only serve SP but also allow the government and other energy players to maintain strategic reserves, helping ensure supply continuity and market stability.<\/p>\n<p>The project has seen costs rise from the original Frw 38 billion due to equipment upgrades. It&#8217;s expected to enter a temporary operational phase in January 2026 before full commissioning in July.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Rwanda imports all its LPG, and only a small fraction of households use gas for cooking. The new depot is expected to stabilise supply, reduce price fluctuations, and support future growth in the domestic LPG market, while laying the groundwork for Rwanda\u2019s transition to cleaner energy sources.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-97232 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/sp_depot.png\" alt=\"The offloading and loading area at the cooking gas depot being set up in Gasabo.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-97231 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/sp_depot_new_2.png\" alt=\"The project has seen costs rise from the original Frw 38 billion due to equipment upgrades. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-97230 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/sp_depot_new.png\" alt=\"Installation of three large spherical LPG storage tanks is underway at the facility.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-97228 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/91378.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda is set to strengthen its energy security with a new Frw 60 billion ($44 million) liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage depot in Rusororo, Gasabo District, scheduled for full commissioning in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000097229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-62","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":2000097229,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/91378logo_new.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/91378logo_new.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/91378logo_new.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/91378logo_new.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/91378logo_new.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/91378logo_new.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56163","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=56163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000097229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56163"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56163"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}