RD Congo Energy Market Report

Institutions & Energy Policy
The Ministry of Energy controls the entire sector and ensures the supervision of the public energy companies; in particular for the power sector ...

Energy Companies
Energy companies active in the market (production, import, export, distribution, refineries, LNG terminals) in the oil, gas, coal and power sectors.

Energy Supply
Resources: The country’s main energy resource is hydroelectricity, with a potential of 100 000 MW (13% of the world’s potential), located on the Congo River and its affluents, with more than 40% of that potential situated on the site of Inga ...

Consumption
The energy consumption per capita is 0.30 toe, including 110 kWh of electricity. Traditional energies cover approximately 93% of the country’s energy needs...

Issues & Prospects
After several decades of war and instability the country started to record good performances in 2002 by once again developing several of its economic activities and by controlling hyperinflation ...

2008 Key data & Graphs

• Economic indicators: population, growth, etc.
• Supply indicators: reserves, capacity, production, external trade (per energy)
• Demand indicators: consumption per capita, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector), energy security, energy efficiency, CO2 emissions
• Energy Balance : total and per energy