Nyemanga Hydroelectric Power Station Explained

Nyemanga Hydroelectric Power Station
Name Official:French: Centrale Hydroélectrique de Nyemanga
Location Map:Burundi
Coordinates:-3.9599°N 29.5681°W
Location Map Relief:y
Country:Burundi
Purpose:P
Owner:REGIDESO Burundi
Dam Crosses:Siguvyaye River
Plant Annual Gen:24.4 GWh

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

History

Nyemanga began operation in 1988.It is connected to the southern grid.As of 1992 Nyemanga had capacity of 1.4 MW, with the potential to expand to 2.8 MW as demand grew in the southern grid.

In 2009 REGIDESO Burundi, the water and electricty authority, announced bids to rehabilitate five hydroelectric plants and to improve the network in Bujumbura.The plants were the 18 MW Rwegura plant on the Gitenge River; 1.44 MW Nyemanga on the Siguvyaye River; 850 kW Kayenzi on the Kavuruga River; 240 kW Marangara on the Ndurumu River; and 72 kW Sanzu on the Sanzu River.

As of 2013 the Nyemanga plant generated about 2.9 MW, with annual output of 24.4 GWh.

See also