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- Electricity Access Scale Up Project
Electricity Access Scale Up Project
Rwanda
Borrower | Rwanda |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Energy |
Approved | 17.06.2009 |
Signed | 04.10.2009 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund |
Executing Agency | Rwanda Energy Group (REG) |
Co-financiers | IDA |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 10.00 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 80.00 |
This project will carry out a grid intensification program, focusing initially on the larger cities such as Kigali, Kibuye and Ruhengeri.
- provision of support to Electrogaz to procure hardware, equipment and vehicles needed to improve maintenance services;
- extension of the existing national grid to link unconnected areas;
- implementation of a “Green Connection” to offer less-expensive energy alternatives to low-income households;
- provision of low-cost “energy boards” to low-income households to reduce the need for internal wiring. This will enable families living in dwellings ineligible to receive connections (such as thatched-roof houses) to qualify for electrical power.