Off-grid Solutions to Boost Rwanda’s 2018 Power Plans

• Wednesday, 31st May 2017
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Rwanda Energy Group’s (REG) CEO, Ron Weiss, has announced that off-grid solutions will be included among his plans to achieve the 563MW target set for 2018, ESI Africa reported. The aim of the plans is to ensure...

Rwanda, DRC Sign Oil Exploration Agreement

• Wednesday, 26th April 2017
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The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a five-year joint exploration agreement for oil under Lake Kivu, All Africa reported. The deal was signed mid-April by Rwanda’s Minister for Natural Resour...

Rwanda, China Halt Oil Exploration Talks

• Sunday, 15th January 2017
• by Editorial Team

Oil exploration in Rwanda has stalled after negotiations with Chinese firm BGP suddenly collapsed, The East African reported. Oil exploration was expected to resume in November 2016 when BGP, which also conducts explo...

Rwanda to Develop 80MW Power Plant

• Thursday, 1st December 2016
• by Editorial Team

Rwanda signed a new deal that seeks to develop an 80MW peat power plant to boost the country’s ambitious target of achieving 70% of access to electricity by 2019, ESI Africa reported.  YUMN will build the facili...

RPCL Signed $75m Contracts

• Tuesday, 15th November 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Rusumo Power Company Limited (RPCL) signed two contracts, worth $75m, for the initial construction work of the Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project. The power project will generate 80MW of electricity, All Afri...

Rwanda, Congo Signed Joint Exploration Deal

• Monday, 14th November 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Rwanda’s Minister for Natural Resource, Vincent Biruta, and the Congolese Minister for Hydrocarbons, Aimé Ngoi Mukena Lusa Desiré, signed a deal on the  joint exploration of oil, methane gas and other natural wealth i...

Kenya Lost East Africa Fuel Imports

• Wednesday, 26th October 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Kenya Transporters Association stated that Rwanda and Burundi stopped importing their fuel needs through the Kenyan port of Mombasa because of the contamination of some cargoes and have opted to route shipments throug...

Rwanda to Boost Power Access by Off-Grid Connects

• Monday, 5th September 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

UK’s non-profit organization, Energy 4 Impact, has taken the role to assist the Rwandan government in providing access to electricity for rural inhabitants through off-grid connections, as the government of Rwanda see...

Rwanda Establishes New Petroleum Regulatory Authority

• Wednesday, 29th June 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) has assumed the responsibility to regulate petroleum sector in the country as part of government’s plan to separate policy institutions from regulatory work, AllAfric...

Rwanda Opens Pioneering Methane Electricity Plant

• Thursday, 19th May 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Rwanda formally opened a mega methane gas power plant, the Kivu-Watt Gas Power project, which is expected to produce more than 100MW from Lake Kivu in Western Province, a methane-rich water body, Reuters reported. Wit...