Burundi to get new substation and transmission line
Burundi: Construction engineering firm KEC International will construct the Kamanyola-Bujumbura energy transmission line and Bujumbura substation in Burundi.
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Burundi: Construction engineering firm KEC International will construct the Kamanyola-Bujumbura energy transmission line and Bujumbura substation in Burundi.
It should take about 18 months to construct an 80 km 220 kV power transmission line to connect Kamanyola and Bujumbura and a 220/110/30 kV substation in the economic capital of Burundi.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will provide $34.64 M in funding while $13.29 M will come from the European Union. The build is part of the Multinational Project for the Interconnection of the Electric Grids of the Nile Equatorial Lakes Countries.
The Multinational Project is meant to improve living conditions and strengthen the economic and social development framework of the region. It will also help Burundi through increased access to electricity at an affordable cost thanks to the increase in the cross-border exchange of electrical energy.
The planned transmission line will evacuate the production of the future regional hydroelectric plant of Ruzizi III. The hydro plant is planned for the Ruzizi River on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. It should provide around 400 GW hours of electricity a year to Burundi, potentially affecting 430,000 people.
Source: ESI Africa
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