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Lake Kivu power plant

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Lake Kivu power plant is an operating power station of at least 56-megawatts (MW) in Lake Kivu, Rwanda.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Lake Kivu power plant Lake Kivu, Rwanda -2.028763, 29.290399 (approximate)[1]

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP
1 Operating[2] fossil gas: natural gas[2] 56[2] internal combustion[2] not found

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
1 Symbion Power Lake Kivu Ltd[2] Symbion Power LLC

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://www.google.com/maps/search/Lake+Kivu+power+plant/@-2.1028721,29.0603731,10z?entry=ttu. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20230605164217/http://www.symbion-power.com/rwanda-kiv/. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of gas-fired power stations, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Oil and Gas Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.