
The Bujumbura Thermal Power Station (French: French: Centrale thermique de Bujumbura) is a 5.5 MW thermal power station in the Commune of Buyenzi in Bujumbura Mairie Province, Burundi. It is owned by Regideso Burundi. . In 1995 REGIDESO acquired a 5.5 MW thermal power station in Bujumbura, but up to 2008 it was generally idle, available as an emergency back-up. Low prices for electricity and high costs for diesel made it uneconomical. By 2010,. . • . • IBP (3 March 2008), , , retrieved 2024-08-11• (PDF). . This article lists all power stations in . [pdf]
Its most important power source is hydroelectric power, representing 95% of total production. It also uses energy from other renewable (wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal) and coal power plants. Burundi has the world's lowest carbon footprint per capita at 0.027 tons per capita in CO 2 emissions as of 2019.
The total sustainable fuelwood supply in 2007 was assessed at 6.4 million m3 (REEEP, 2012). Most of Burundi’s energy supply (95 per cent) comes from hydropower. This high dependence on hydropower makes the country vulnerable to climate extremes such as drought.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines is in charge of policy making and regulating the energy sector (Table 6). The Régie de Production et Distribution d’Eau et d’Electricité (REGIDESO) operates and controls all of Burundi’s thermal power stations. On a regional level, the country is a member of Eastern Africa Power Pool.
This energy is transported through elevated lines of average volltage and distributed to the customers by lines of low voltage. The levels of transport voltage in Burundi are 110 kV, 30 kV and 10 kV. Electrical energy production was 133 GWh in 1992 and 150 GWh in 1993.
Most of Burundi’s energy supply (95 per cent) comes from hydropower. This high dependence on hydropower makes the country vulnerable to climate extremes such as drought. For instance, during the 2009 and 2011 droughts, electricity supply was reduced by as much as 40 per cent , drastically afecting the economy (REEEP, 2012).
A key feature of the power sector in Burundi is the very low level of electrification. Less than 5% of the population have access to the national grid (average in Sub-Sahara Africa 26%), and even they are facing power cuts on a daily basis during dry season.

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