Exective Summary

Under the patronage and support of the Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Infrastructure, Energy Private Developers (EPD) in partnership with World Bank, Open Africa, Shell Foundation and bfz; EPD organized the 3rd Edition of Renewable Energy for Sustainable Growth RE4SG-Conference. Which took place at Kigali Convention Center and Radisson Blue Hotel from 5th to 6th November, 2019.

Following the success of 1st and 2nd Edition. This year’s edition, took place under the theme “Achieving Universal Green Energy Access in Africa”. Bringing together about 300 participants from across the globe including government officials, private sector, technology developers, investors, civil societies and development partners to discuss ways to scale up and drive forward renewable energy and sharing experiences of renewable energy development from across the globe

What role is renewable energy toward achieving of universal access of 2024?

Rwanda targets to connect 300,000 households annually to off-grid energy solutions to meet the universal access target of 2024. It is anticipated that by 2024, off-grid solutions will contribute up to 48% as grid solution contribute 52% of national electricity connections.

Currently about 51% of Rwanda’s household have access to electricity, including 37% connected to the grid while 14% are using off-grid solutions. The country’s total installed power capacity is around 221MW. A number of power points under construction are expected to add more than 300MW by 2024.