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Power plants in Burundi

4 power-plant records · 57 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 75%
  • Solar 25%
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Burundi at a glance

Power-plant records
4
Reported capacity
57 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
75.5%
Most records
Hydro, Solar
Capital
Gitega

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Kabu20 MW
  2. 2Rwegura19 MW
  3. 3Mpanda Burundi10 MW
  4. 4Mubuga GWG8 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Burundi

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Small hydro plants supply most power; access remains very low.

  1. GenerationState utility
  2. TransmissionState utility
  3. DistributionState utility
  4. CustomersGovernment-set tariffs

Who regulates

No separate independent regulator is listed: the government or the utility itself sets tariffs and technical rules.

Who controls the grid

State utility REGIDESO runs electricity and water.

Markets & power exchanges

No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.

Regional grid

  • Eastern Africa Power PoolRegional grid

    Member of the Eastern Africa Power Pool, which coordinates cross-border lines and power trade between eastern African utilities.

What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?

A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Burundi generates electricity

Electricity generated0.49 TWh
Renewable share75.5%
Low-carbon share75.5%
Carbon intensity183.7 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.36 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0 TWh
Bioenergy0.01 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil0.12 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Burundi is in Eastern Africa. Its landlocked geography makes cross-border connections an important part of its regional setting. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Gitega
Languages
French, Kirundi
Region
Eastern Africa

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 4 records for Burundi. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

4 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

4 lack an owner/operator; 4 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Burundi

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Browse 4 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

4 matching records · showing 4

7.6 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
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