From All Africa via East African Business Week

Symbion Power, an American firm, has entered the Rwanda electricity generation market.

“Our message is that we have arrived,” Symbion Power Chief Executive Officer Paul Hinks said during his presentation at the recent iPAD Rwanda Power and Infrastructure Investment Forum.

Symbion is also one of the leading partners in President Obama’s Power Africa Initiative which intends to double access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The company was awarded 50MW Independent Power Production (IPP) project using methane gas from Lake Kivu by the Rwanda Energy Group.

Hinks said, “This is a very big step for Symbion since we have been targeting a long term investment in Rwanda for several years.”

The Forum was aimed at discussing in details Rwanda’s energy sector with particular focus on key investment opportunities in the country’s dynamic and thriving energy sector.

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