Rwanda: Symbion awarded 50MW Lake Kivu concession

The Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority (EWSA) has awarded Symbion Power the right to develop a 50MW power project using methane gas from Lake Kivu. The US company will build, own and operate the facility, building gas extraction facilities which will connect to an onshore power generation facility at Cape Busororo, in the Nyamyumba area. The project was awarded following a tender process led by EWSA and the Rwanda Development Board, which Symbion chief executive Paul Hinks described to African Energy as a “very tough competition”. He said: “We were very impressed by the professionalism of the bid process, it was very fair and transparent,” adding that Symbion had “agreed to an attractive tariff”.