- Mauritius Prime Minister and his Rwandan counterpart plan to inaugurate a 5MW hydroelectric plant in Rwanda.
The government of Rwanda is set to receive an additional power generating plant. Pravind Jugnauth, Mauritius Prime Minister and his Rwandan counterpart Dr Edouard Ngirente will inaugurate a 5MW hydroelectric plant.
Omnihydro plant is 98.1 per cent owned by a Mauritius-based company Omnicane, built by its subsidiary Omnihydro (Rwanda) Ltd. This plant in Rwanda has become operational and is named Mushishito-Rukarara Hydroelectric Plant, LeMatinal newspaper reported.
The clean energy project aligns with the Mauritian government’s ambition to achieve 60 per cent renewable energy production by 2030.
“We have no doubt that the experience acquired together will be a plus in the future to position Mauritius in pole position for similar projects, and this in the perspective of the energy transition and the preference given to clean and renewable energy production for the economic, social and technological development of the continent thanks to Mauritian know-how and financing,” said Jacques d’Unienville, CEO of Omnicane.
“For MCB, financing projects like this is an important step in its sustainable development programme, entitled ‘Success Beyond Numbers’,” said Xavier Bathfield, Head of Mauritian and Regional Corporates at MCB.
The plant, with a production capacity of 5 MW, was launched in 2015 and whose construction started in 2017, benefits from the financial support of the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB). Rwandan Energy Utility Corporation Ltd (EUCL) will operate the plant for 25 years.