Rwandan renewable energy model may be hard to export

Subject Rwanda's energy expansion model. Significance Rwanda is rapidly emerging as a continental leader in energy development. This is in turn drawing increasing interest in whether the ‘Rwandan model’ can be emulated elsewhere. Impacts Energy expansion will not drive the structural transformation Rwanda seeks unless accompanied by a shift into energy-intensive production. The KivuWatt project will decrease the risks of a deadly release of toxic gases from volatile Lake Kivu. Improving distribution capacity will be as important as boosting production.