The Rwanda Hydropower project consists of five small brownfield hydropower plant expansions in Rwanda. The hydropower plant expansions and the greenfield run-of-river hydropower plant development will be implemented in two phases over a four-year period and will install a combined 11.45 megawatts (MW) of new renewable energy capacity.
Knight Piésold was retained to evaluate the technical and feasibility, economic viability and financeability of the hydropower plant expansions. The team also assisted the client in securing overseas private investment corporation project finance. This project has been supported by the US Africa Clean Energy Initiative (US ACEF), the US Trade and Development Agency and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
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