Burundi: World Bank considers $100m hydropower financing


Issue 274 - 28 Mar 2014 | 1 minute read

The World Bank is assessing $100m of International Development Association finance for the $270.4m Jiji and Melembwe hydropower project. The project, which will go before the board for approval on 22 April, aims to help overcome the reduction in power output during the six-month dry season. All hydroelectric generation except the 18MW Rwegura facility comprises run-of-river plants without reservoirs.The project will construct two hydroelectric power plants in Bururi Province at a cost of $252m, one on the Mulembwe River and another on the Jiji River, as well as 110kV transmission lines. Prefeasibility studies were conducted in 2011 on four sites identified by Fichtner in 2010, with Jiji and Mulembwe designated priority projects.

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