Multinational - Burundi-Rwanda Power Grid Interconnection Project for NELSAP

The present intervention concerns the Burundi-Rwanda Power Grid Interconnection Project. It falls within the Multinational Power Grid Interconnection Project for the Nile Equatorial Lakes Countries (PMIREL-PLEN or NELSAP). The project involves constructing 140.7 km of 220 kV line initially operated at 110 kV (79.2 km in Burundi and 61.5 km in Rwanda) and two 220/30 kV sub-stations, and extending two 110 kV sub-stations between Gitega and Ngozi towns in Burundi, and Butaré and Kigoma towns in Rwanda. It will help to improve the living conditions of the population, as well as the quality of the economic and social development framework by increasing the supply of affordable power. It will also contribute to enhancing the integration of the regional electricity market. The project comprises three main components, namely: (i) construction of transmission line; (ii) rural electrification; and (iii) project management.