World Bank to Finance New Hydropower Development in Burundi
The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$100 million grant to the Republic of Burundi for the Jiji and Mulembwe hydropower project.
In Burundi, only four percent of the ten million-large population currently has access to electricity, marking some of the lowest access rates anywhere in the world.
The development objective of the Jiji-Mulembwe hydropower project is to increase the supply of clean and low-cost hydropower electricity to Burundi’s national grid. The project will almost double the installed generation capacity in Burundi.
Read more at: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/04/22/world-bank-to-finance-new-hydropower-development-in-burundi
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