The power station is located in the settlement of Mubuga, in the Gitega Province of Burundi, approximately 15.2 kilometres (9 mi), northeast of the city of Gitega, the political capital of that country. .
The Mubuga Solar Power Station is a grid-connected 7.5 MW power plant in . The power station was constructed between January 2020 and October 2021, by Gigawatt Global Coöperatief, the. .
A number of financial institutions participated in the financing of this renewable energy project. The Renewable Energy Performance Platform, based in London, United Kingdom, "provided a bridge loan for the construction of the Mubuga solar plant". A. .
In May 2023, , the president of Burundi toured the solar farm and personally gave his approval for the power station's capacity to be expanded to 15 megawatts. .
This power station is the first grid-connected solar project developed by an IPP in Burundi. It is also the first major electricity generation investment in the country, in the past 30 years. The renewable energy infrastructure was on the books since 2016.. .
At the time of commissioning in October 2021, it was reported that the 7.5 MW power plant contributed 10 percent to the country's generation capacity at that time. The energy generated here is enough to supply an estimated 90,000 people and businesses. A total of. .
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