Burundi has 4 power plants in this atlas, with 57 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Kabu (20 MW, hydro; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are hydro and solar. Grid operators listed here include REGIDESO. Renewables supplied 75.5% of its electricity in 2024.
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.
Grid operators and electricity market in Burundi
Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything
Small hydro plants supply most power; access remains very low.
GenerationState utility
TransmissionState utility
DistributionState utility
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.
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.
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.
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.
