According to the New Times on May 29th, Rwanda's Infrastructure Minister Jimmy Gasore recently revealed that the country is actively pursuing a feasibility study for a 30 megawatt solar power plant. At present, the Ruwamagana district in the Eastern Province operates the largest 8.5MW solar facility in the country, while the Kigali area is also about to welcome a 5.1MW photovoltaic project dedicated to supplying power to the BionTech mRNA vaccine production base. It is worth noting that the country's current total power generation capacity is 406.4 megawatts, but it needs to be increased to 556 megawatts in the next five years to meet development needs. Although the official estimate is that the total energy potential of the country can reach 650-700 megawatts, experts estimate that in order to achieve the ambitious goals set in the 2050 vision, installed capacity needs to grow dramatically to the level of 2.5-4.5 gigawatts. Geographical monitoring data shows that all regions in the country have superior conditions for developing and utilizing solar energy.
