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KivuWatt — 26 MW Natural Gas

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KivuWatt is a 26 MW gas power plant located in Rwanda. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
26 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2016

Year online

Owner
KivuWatt Limited (ContourGlobal)

Operator

Location
-2.07, 29.32

Coordinates

Insights

#4
largest in %s
#4,090
largest %s worldwide
#17,506
largest worldwide
2016
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
13
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
26 MW
Commissioned
2016
Status
Operational
Owner
KivuWatt Limited (ContourGlobal)
Country
RWA
Coordinates
-2.068, 29.320

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
50,221 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1.5M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

10,918
cars / year
6,696
homes / year
2.3M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

Nearby Stations

Rusizi II

Rwanda · Hydroelectric

44MW · 1989

Rusizi I

Rwanda · Hydroelectric

30MW · 1958

Nyabarongo I

Rwanda · Hydroelectric

28MW · 2014

Jabana 2

Rwanda · Oil

20MW · 2009

Mukungwa

Rwanda · Hydroelectric

12MW · 1982

Ntaruka

Rwanda · Hydroelectric

12MW · 1959

About this plant

KivuWatt is a 26 MW gas power plant in Rwanda, operated by KivuWatt Limited (ContourGlobal) since 2016.

Ranked #1 of 1 gas plants in Rwanda. Its 26 MW represents 100% of Rwanda’s total gas capacity. The largest gas plant in Rwanda is KivuWatt at 26 MW, making it the only facility of its kind.

Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Rusizi I (29.8 MW, Hydro), Nyabarongo I (28 MW, Hydro), and Gisenyi (3.78 MW, Waste). The facility is located in the Western Province, approximately 150 km from Kigali.

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