Rwanda: Government needs $200 million for power grid expansion

Rwanda requires $200 million by 2012 to connect 220,000 new electricity customers to the national grid, a government official said on Friday. The landlocked east African nation has 130,000 customers and available power capacity outstrips demand. Electricity supply is, however, expected to rise from 55 mw when two generation projects from methane gas in Lake Kivu are completed in three years.