Geothermal energy mark new era in Rwanda

15/08/2012

The government is also committed to increase various forms of renewable energy including solar, wind, biomass and hydro sources by 50 percent by 2020.

In an attempt to improve access to modern energy services, the Rwandan authorities are looking to exploit geothermal power associated with solar energy plants in a move to promote a sustainable energy for all.

Solange Nyiramajyambere, a female farmer from Nyabihu, a district in the north western Rwanda explained that when the first solar electricity system was installed in some households in this remote village, it turned out to be something she had never seen before in her village. “My house, and most of the village, has always been plunged into darkness during night,” she told Xinhua.

The story of Nyiramajyambere who has never seen electricity before, is one illustration of how all villages in the remote rural areas across Rwanda are trying to use renewable energy to electrify their homes.- more....