Energy in Burundi is a growing industry with tremendous potential.
As of 2020[update], Burundi consumes a total of 382.70 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electric energy per year.
[1][2] It also uses energy from other renewable (wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal) and coal power plants.
[3][4] Burundi's total production of electricity was of 232 gigawatt hours (GWh) in 2018.
[5] The main source came from a total of nine dams supplying the major part of the electric energy and 100 GWh coming from geothermal and thermal sources.