Nyabarongo I Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station in
Rwanda
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.
Location
The power station is located across the
Nyabarongo River, near the settlement of ''Mushishiro'',
Muhanga District, in Rwanda's
Southern Province. This location lies approximately , by road, southwest of
Kigali
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, the
capital
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and largest city in Rwanda. Mushishiro lies approximately , by road, south of the provincial headquarters at
Gitarama.
Overview
Nyabarongo I Power Station is a hydropower plant in Rwanda, completed in October 2014, with a commissioning date in November 2014. At an estimated cost of US$110 million, the planned capacity installation is 28 MW. The project involves a dam, with
run of river
Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectricity, hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage is provided. Run-of-the-river power plants may have no water storage at all ...
design, across the
River Mwogo, one of the tributaries of
Nyabarongo River. The project, undertaken by Angelique International Limited and
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
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of
India
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, is the largest hydropower installation in
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
, to date. Naresh Kapoor Sr., General Manager is the Chief Project Officer appointed by Angelique International Limited of
India
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. Part of the engineering work was also subcontracted to the Australian company Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (SMEC). Both the units were synchronised to the Rwandan grid on 27 October 2014 and 30 October 2014. The Rwanda government gave the contractor a deadline in October 2014. The power station was completed and handed over by consortium to client on 28 November 2014. It was officially inaugurated by the president of Rwanda on 5 March 2015.
Other considerations
* Material handling, etc. of complete E&M package of 2x14 MW Vertical Francis Hydro Generating Units at Nyaborongo HEP, Republic of Rwanda, Africa package carried out by FITWELL Power Projects an Indian company as sub-contractor of BHEL.
See also
*
List of power stations in Rwanda
*
List of hydropower stations in Africa
*
List of hydroelectric power stations
*
Gisenyi
References
External links
Location of Nyabarongo Power Station At Google Maps
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Hydroelectric power stations in Rwanda
Dams in Rwanda
Muhanga District
Southern Province, Rwanda
Energy infrastructure completed in 2014
2014 establishments in Rwanda