Publication date: 2011, November
Author: EUEI PDF
Description: Only two percent of Burundi’s population have access to electricity. Of these, most live in Bujumbura, the capital city. Since 1993, the country’s energy infrastructure has been largely destroyed as a result of inter-ethnic conflict. Additionally, an embargo in 1996 and the scarcity of foreign currency have contributed to energy projects receiving little investment. Burundi’s electrical grid supplies 30.6 MW, most of which comes from the Rwegura and Mugere hydropower plants (generating 18 and 8 MW respectively).
