Murembwe Hydroelectric Power Station
The Murembwe Hydroelectric Power Plant (French: Centrale Hydroélectrique de Murembwe) is a hydroelectric power station in the Bururi Province of Burundi. As of 2024 it was expected to the completed in 2025.
| Murembwe Hydroelectric Power Plant | |
|---|---|
  Location of Murembwe Hydroelectric Power Plant in Burundi | |
| Official name | French: Centrale Hydroélectrique de Murembwe |
| Country | Burundi |
| Coordinates | 3°50′46″S 29°34′33″E / 3.845998°S 29.575877°E |
| Purpose | Power |
| Owner(s) | REGIDESO Burundi |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Murembwe River |
| Installed capacity | 16.5 megawatts (22,100 hp) |
| Annual generation | 90.5 GWh |
Location
editThe Murembwe Hydroelectric Power Plant is being built as part of the Jiji and Murembwe Hydroelectric Project. It will be owned and operated by REGIDESO Burundi, part of the Ministry of Hydraulics, Energy and Mines.[1] The Mulembwe hydroelectric power station is on the Murembwe River (Mulembwe River), upstream from the Jiji River junction.[2]
Dam
editThe dam is less than 15 metres (49 ft) high and impounds a reservoir of 50,000 cubic metres (1,800,000 cu ft). Up to 8 cubic metres per second (280 cu ft/s) is diverted to the water intake for the plant, while any excess is returned to the river. A minimum flow of 0.424 cubic metres per second (15.0 cu ft/s) is guaranteed for the river section between the dam and the power station.[3]
Plant
editThe plant is about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) downstream from the dam. Water is taken there by a 1.13 kilometres (0.70 mi) underground gallery with a diameter of 2.8 metres (9 ft 2 in) to an equilibrium chamber, then by a 600 metres (2,000 ft) surface penstock with 1.6 metres (5 ft 3 in) diameter falling 258 metres (846 ft). The plant will have a capacity of 16.5 MW and estimated annual power is 90.5 GWh.[3]
Transmission
editA 110 kV power line runs 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) north from the Jiji station up the Mulembwe River to the Mulembwe station, where it is joined by a 110 kV power line from that station. The two lines run east 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) to the Horezo switchyard on RP 403 highway. From there, lines run north towards Kabezi and Bujumbura, and southeast towards Bururi.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Projet Hydroélectrique Jiji et Murembwe.
- ^ Faller 2014, pp. 3–5.
- ^ a b Faller 2014, pp. 4.
- ^ Faller 2014, pp. 3.
Sources
edit- Faller, Tanja (2014), Projet de developpement des centrales hydroelectriques de Jiji et Mulembwe (PDF), African Development Bank, retrieved 2024-08-17
- Projet Hydroélectrique Jiji et Murembwe (in French), REGIDESO, retrieved 2024-08-17