Nyamyotsi Hydroelectric Power Station Explained

Nyamyotsi Hydroelectric Power Station
Name Official:French: Centrale Hydroélectrique de Nyamyotsi
Location Map:Burundi
Coordinates:-3.3292°N 29.7773°W
Location Map Relief:y
Country:Burundi
Purpose:P
Owner:REGIDESO Burundi
Dam Crosses:Kaniga River

Nyamyotsi Hydroelectric Power Station (French: Centrale Hydroélectrique du Nyamyotsi) is an run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station in the Mwaro Province of Burundi.

History

The preliminary report on implementation of the Strategic Framework for the Fight against Poverty 2012-2015 gen2 (CSLP II), recommended construction of three micro hydroelectric power stations, including Nyamyotsi (350 kilowatts) in Kibimba.In September 2015 the new governor of the Mwaro Province. Jean Marie Nyakarerwa, inherited the project to build a dam in Nyamyotsi in the Commune of Ndava on the Kaniga river to supply the Kibimba village.The Nyamyotsi plant on the Kaniga came into service in 2018.

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