- RDB signs agreement with TotalEnergies to promote clean energy development
Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and French petroleum giant TotalEnergies have signed an agreement to promote renewable and decarbonised energies through private sector partnerships. Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of Total Energies, signed the deal in a one day visit to Rwanda, where President Paul Kagame received him.
Included in the partnership agreement was the distribution of energy products such as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as a substitute for burning biomass and renewable hydroelectricity generation. It also holds the development of power storage solutions for the electrical network and the development of Natural Based Solutions for carbon storage.
The agreement will also allow the implementation of education and training programmes on new energies and the energy transition.
Clare Akamanzi, Chief Executive of RDB, said the investment that TotalEnergies will make in clean energy storage, distribution, partnerships with private sector companies in Rwanda and beyond is timely for a country that puts the environment at the heart of its development strategies.