Evaluation of Rwanda’s Energy Resources
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Current Status of Rwanda
2.1. Economy
2.2. Population
2.3. Environment
2.4. Energy
2.5. Energy–Environmental Crisis
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results and Discussions
4.1. Developmental Goals and Requirements
4.2. Available Resources
4.3. Required Resources
4.4. Feasibility of Proposed Scenario
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Resource | Potential (MW) | Installed (MW) |
---|---|---|
Hydropower | 300–400 | 98.5 |
Methane | 140–180 | 30 |
Peat | 120–160 | 15 |
Geothermal | 47 | - |
Solar | TBD | 12 |
Biomass | TBD | - |
Wind | TBD | - |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleBolson, Natanael, and Tadeusz Patzek. 2022. "Evaluation of Rwanda’s Energy Resources" Sustainability 14, no. 11: 6440. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116440