Energy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reserves of petroleum, natural gas, coal, and a potential hydroelectric power generating capacity of around 100,000 MW.

Ongoing uncertainties in the political arena, and a resulting lack of interest from investors has meant that the Inga Dam's potential has been limited.

Further plans are to build the proposed 11,050 MW Inga III hydropower project with the construction of two dams.

The Inga III hydropower project is expected to electrify Kinshasa, lead to the development of the DRC's mining sector, and exported hydroelectricity.

Dalbit Petroleum is a Kenya-based energy company that supplies products to Lubumbashi and North Eastern DRC.

In light of these goals, several projects have been founded by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and other organisations in order to explore ICTs and climate change.

It currently relies on environment-related policies and action plans to implement climate change initiatives and activities.

Nevertheless, several NGOs and donor agencies have been active in the DRC to develop an administrative structure to address the needs of environmental protection and natural resources management.

[7] The DRC has a wide diversity of natural resources, allowing it to consider a significant growth in hydro, wind and solar energy.

For the first time in Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has adopted an interactive atlas of renewable energy sources.

This Atlas was created by the UNDP, Netherlands Development Organization SNV, and the Congolese Ministry of Water Resources and Electricity.