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Power Plants in Rwanda

Rwanda has 11 power plants on the map, adding up to about 0 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is hydro. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.

POWER PLANTS11

TOTAL CAPACITY0 GW

MOST COMMON FUELHydro

By fuel

How Rwanda’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.

Hydro6 · 55% · 129 MW

Oil2 · 18% · 28 MW

Waste1 · 9% · 4 MW

Gas1 · 9% · 26 MW

Solar1 · 9% · 9 MW

Largest power plants in Rwanda

The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.

44 MWRusizi IIHydro1989

30 MWRusizi IHydro1958

28 MWNyabarongo IHydro2014

26 MWKivuWattGas2016

20 MWJabana 2Oil2009

12 MWMukungwaHydro1982

12 MWNtarukaHydro1959

9 MWRwamagana solarSolar2015

8 MWJabana 1Oil2005

4 MWGisenyiWaste2010

3 MWMukungwa IIHydro2010

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