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Electricity Dec 19, 2024

We Will Retain All Umeme Staff – UEDCL MD

On October 22, this year, the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) presented its detailed plans for the country’s electricity supply industry, at a public hearing in Kampala called by the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA). The hearing was arranged to gather the public’s view …

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Electricity Dec 17, 2024

UEDCL Application For Umeme License Will Be Determined Before 2024 Ends – ERA’s Waako

By the end of this month, December 2024, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) will have determined the applications by the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) for: a license for the distribution of electricity in Uganda, a license for the sale and supply of electricity in U…

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Electricity Sep 27, 2024

Muzizi Hydropower Project: Will Dott Services Limited Succeed Where Others Have Failed?

Dott Services Limited, known for its long list of road works in Uganda, has today lodged another notice at the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) of its intention to bid for a license to generate and sell electricity from the 48MW Muzizi hydropower project. It is the second such notice from Dott…

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Electricity Sep 3, 2024

UEDCL Applies For Umeme’s Electricity Licenses

The transition for Uganda to reclaim all its electricity assets is now fully in play. The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has officially applied to the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) for two different licenses that Umeme Ltd held, taking government a step closer to re…

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Electricity Aug 31, 2024

Argentine Company To Build Uganda’s First Nuclear Power Centre

Argentina’s INVAP-SE has signed a contract with Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development to undertake studies that will guide the construction of a centre for nuclear science and technology in Soroti district. The signing comes just over 17 months after INVAP-SE signed a Memorandum of Und…

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Electricity Aug 10, 2024

How TotalEnergies Is Transiting From Oil Major To Fully-Fledged Energy Firm

TotalEnergies has come full circle. In acquiring Norway’s SN Power, which owns a stake in the Bujagali Hydropower Project, TotalEnergies has moved one step closer to completing its transition from being just an oil and gas major to reinventing itself into a top renewable energy company with the aim …

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Electricity Jul 30, 2024

TotalEnergies Adds Hydroelectricity Production To Its Uganda Portfolio

Oil and gas major TotalEnergies has acquired a 28.3% stake in Uganda’s 250 MW Bujagali hydropower plant, according to a company statement. This follows an agreement the French firm signed with Scatec, a Norwegian renewable energy company, to attain 100% of its subsidiary SN Power. The latter holds i…

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Electricity Jul 11, 2024

Tests On Kigwabya Hydro To Start Soon

PA Technical Services will start testing the two units at its 4.7MW Kigwabya hydropower project in Kagadi district this month of July 2024, ahead of the start of commercial operations later this year. The tests are expected to last at least three weeks. The testing of the units is the closest step t…

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Electricity Jun 6, 2024

AfDB Chooses US Firm To Review Uganda’s Rural Power Project

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has selected American firm NRECA International to review the old feasibility studies and designs that were used during Uganda’s first phase of the Rural Electrification Access project, and come up with updated reports before the country can resume extending voltag…

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