10 Jun 2011

RWANDA / HYDROPOWER

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has been working with the Rwandan government on mini hydropower construction, for clean, green and affordable energy. UNIDO

Posted at: June 10, 2011 2:26 pm

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STORY: RWANDA / HYDROPOWER
TRT: 8.00
SOURCE: UNIDO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: 30-31 MAY 2011, KIGALI, MUSANZE DISTRICT, RWANDA

SHOTLIST:

30-31 MAY 2011, KIGALI, RWANDA

1. Wide shot, Kigali skyline, and the Ministry of Infrastructure in the background
2. Med shot, houses
3. Wide shot, Ministry of Infrastructure
4. Tilt down, Ministry of Infrastructure sign

30-31 MAY 2011, MUSANZE DISTRICT, RWANDA

5. Wide shot, sign of the Mutobo Mini Hydro Power plant
6. Close up, UNIDO sign
7. Close up, creek
8. Med shot, electricity lines
9. Tilr dwon from jungle to power station
10. Med shot, man at power station board
11. Close up, digital board 
12. Tilt up, river fast waters
13. Med shot, villagers from the Kabere village
14. Various shots, Kabere village
15. Close up, poer line
16. Wide shot, buldings and people at the Kabere village
17. Various shots, every day life shots at the Kabere village
18. Various shots, students at the Kitabura School working on their laptops 
19. Close up, power source with laptops plugged in
20. Various shots, students at the Kitabura School working on their laptops
21. Close up, light source
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Coletha Ruhamya, Minister for Energy and Water, Rwanda:
"The mini hydros are part of our target. When we count our target of 1000 megawatts of course we are counting from different sources and we see the mini-hydros as also a solution specifically for rural areas that are a bit far from the normal national grid."

30 MAY 2011, KIGALI, RWANDA

23. Various shots, delegates at a UNIDO workshop, "Regional Workshop on Scaling up Energy Access in Africa, Experience and Lessons Learned, Rwanda Small Hydro".

31 MAY, MUSANZE DISTRICT, RWANDA

24. Various shots, inauguration of the Mutobo Mini Hydro Power Plant 
25. SOUNDBITE (French) Winifrida Mpembyemungu, Mayor of Musanze District, Rwanda:
"If you compare the situation before with the situation now there is a big, big difference. The people are very happy that there is electricity and that they are benefiting from the Mutobo project. We are very happy."

31 MAY KABERE VILLAGE, MUSANZE DISTRICT

26. Various shots, baker making bread with electric machinery, 
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Aurélien Agbénonci, UN Resident Coordinator, Rwanda: 
"Energy is life. Electricity will drastically change the life and will improve the life of the population of this settlement. This is why we have decided the United Nations family within the ONE-UN to put in place, to use this UNIDO initiative as an entry point to bring other services, agriculture, decentralisation , education, health , many other possibilities to support the objectives  of the government which is to improve the livelihoods of the population in this area. "      
10. Various shots, health clinic

STORYLINE:

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has been working with the Rwandan government on mini hydropower construction, for clean, green and affordable access to energy.

The organisation estimates that only six percent of the population had access to energy, but, with its geography, Rwanda was ideally suited for mini hydro plants. People in villages who could have never had access to energy now get it as it is affordable.

There are plenty of hills and mountains, so water power can be used without environmental damage to provide affordable electricity in remote locations.

Rwanda with its geography can have this kind of energy source, and government plans to increase its access to energy from what is now very little (as little as 6 percent) to more than 50 percent or 1000 megawatts by the year 2017.

Beneficiaries are schools, hospitals, small entrepreneurs and in one case, even the border services at Rwanda-Burundi border, that gets is electricity from one of the 4 mini hydro pplants built by UNIDO.

Small economic activity has begun, with people coming to the nearby villages of Kabere and Kitabura to take advantage of the better opportunities.

In the area surrounding the Mutobo power plant in the north of the country, a school with almost 1,700 kids now have electricity, making it possible to use laptops and computers for education.

The 31 May ceremony marked the handing over of the Mutobo hydroelectric plant to the local community. It was a day of celebration as the plant had now been operational for two years and local people were aware of the benefits electricity can bring.

At a workshop hosted by UNIDO in Kigali on the preceding date (30th May 2011) experts and dignitaries from around the world discussed the subject and looked forward to the future.

A local health centre also now has the ability to take better care of medicine.