What is the energy sector like in Burundi?

The energy sector in Burundi is today very circumscribed. It is mainly made up of the national utility "Regideso", who benefits from a legal monopoly for electricity transmission, distribution and supply, renewed in 2015 for 25 years .

Does Burundi have solar power?

Burundi has natural conditions favourable to the sustainable use of water and solar energy or wind power. The solar potential of Burundi is very interesting. The average annual power received is around 2000 kWh / m² per year, equivalent to the best European regions (southern Mediterranean).

How much energy does Burundi use per year?

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 34 kWh. Burundi can partly be self-sufficient with domestically produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 357 m kWh. That is 81 percent of the country's own usage. The rest of the needed energy is imported from foreign countries.

Does Burundi have a power supply-demand gap?

However, Burundi has (i) a growing power supply-demand gap due notably to a rapidly increasing power demand in the Bujumbura capital area, and (ii) a huge energy resource (notably renewable, with hydro, estimated to 1,7 GW, and solar, estimated to 2,000 kWh/m²/year).

Is Burundian government enacting new laws on electricity & public-private partnership?

A set of legislation has recently been passed by the Burundian Government. New laws on electricity and public-private partnership were passed in 2015, with the subsequent enactment of the application decrees.

Why did Bujumbura's power grid go out of business?

As an illustration of the severe obsolescence of the grid, the commissioning in September 2017 of an emergency leased power generation of 30MW for the supply of the capital Bujumbura caused severe outages due to the inability of the grid to remain stable for the wheeling of this new production.