Consultants/Contractors

CONSULTANTS /CONTRACTORS

  1. Design:
  2. Dam, Headrace, and Hydropower facilities: Tractebel Engineering from France
    b. Transmission Line: Studio Pietrangeli from Italy
    c. Employer’s Facilities: Gasabo 3D from Rwanda
    d. Road Development: Gasabo 3D from Rwanda
  3. Site Investigations: Several international and regional companies have been engaged in site investigations, which have included borehole investigations, geophysics surveys, bathymetric and topographic surveys, and sediment surveys
  4. Environmental and Social Consultants:
  5.    i) SOFRECO (2012),
  6.    ii) SLR (2021)
  7. EGL Engineer: Fichtner Consulting Engineers in association with ISL Ingénierie, and Nodalis Conseil. 

The engineer-procure-construct (EPC) contractor for the Project is expected to be selected in Q2 2025, following the completion of the main EPC tender.

Ruzizi III Energy Limited (REL) is a special purpose vehicle that has been established and registered in Rwanda to develop the Ruzizi III Regional Hydroelectric project (Project). It is a key development project and will be one of the largest infrastructure projects in the region comprising Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DR Congo. It is the first privately financed project in sub-Saharan Africa that will utilise a common regional water resource to generate power that will be shared equally between three countries.