Rusumo Power Station

The Rusumo Hydroelectric Power Station (Kinyarwanda: Urugomero rw'amashanyarazi rwa Rusumo, Centrale hydroélectrique de Rusumo), also known as the Rusumo Power Station, is an operational hydropower plant, with initial capacity installation of 80 megawatts (110, 000 hp). The project involved the construction of a dam, with run of river design. A more expensive 90 megawatts (120, 000 hp) reservoir design was considered before being abandoned in favor of an 80 MW project with a smaller environmental impact and an estimated cost of US$300 million compared to US$400 million for the bigger project. The World Bank announced on 6 August 2013 that it had approved loans totaling US$340 million towards the US$468.60 million needed for the project. In November 2013, the African Development Bank approved a loan of US$113 million towards completion of the project.

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