Electricity

July 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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July 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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June 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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May 24, 2024

Uganda Mining Company To Lead Uranium Exploration

The newly incorporated Uganda National Mining Company will lead the exploration of uranium in the country, a mineral that the government considers critical in meeting its ambition of setting up a large nuclear power plant by 2031. Irene Bateebe, the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Energy and …

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February 7, 2024

Indaba: Nankabirwa, DRC Mines Minister Talk Collaboration

CAPE TOWN: Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, has expressed Uganda’s willingness to foster trade ties with the Democratic Republic of Congo, noting that this would help in limiting the conflict in the eastern part of DRC. Nankabirwa made these remarks during a courtesy …

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November 14, 2023

Harnessing Algae As A Sustainable Biofuel Source In Uganda

One of the inadequacies of the current energy situation of Uganda is the overreliance on biomass for cooking and heating. To address the environment and biodiversity impacts accelerated by the sourcing of the different biomass, the Ugandan government has developed several biofuel frameworks and poli…

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October 20, 2023

“We Are Open For Business” – Uganda To Energy Investors

 By Jeff Mbanga CAPE TOWN – Uganda’s delegation put up a spirited lobby for investments in the country’s energy sector on the last day of the Africa Energy Week (AEW) in Cape Town, South Africa; reinforcing the presence of a conducive and predictable regulatory regime to protect the millions of doll…

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March 26, 2023

“Uganda Can Only Manage Small Nuclear Plants For Now”

Small modular reactors (SMR) and not large-scale nuclear power plants are a better fit for Uganda, according to Enobot Agboraw, the Executive Secretary African Commission for Nuclear Energy. Plans to add nuclear power to Uganda’s energy mix continue to take shape, after the country hosted the Intern…

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February 28, 2023

Uganda To Sell Carbon Credits From Power Plants

DEI – Uganda has announced that it plans to start selling carbon credits for its hydropower plants for the first time. The move is expected to bring significant benefits to the country, including increased revenue and the reduction of carbon emissions. The Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limit…

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February 23, 2023

Uganda To Host International Nuclear Power Forum

Some of the top experts in Africa’s nuclear energy space will converge in Kampala from March 14 – 17, 2023, to share experiences and seek solutions on how to introduce one of the most sensitive forms of electricity into their countries’ energy mix. Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development…

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February 21, 2023

Why Affordable Energy Financing For Households Will Boost Socio-economic Development

By Tonny Odokonyero Sustainable energy access is essential for driving Uganda’s agenda for socio-economic transformation, as enshrined in the current National Development Plan (NDPIII). Energy is positioned as a crucial element in the socio-economic development drive in the plan, which the governmen…

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February 12, 2023

UETCL’s Karamagi To Contend With Private Sector, Merger

Joshua Karamagi is the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL), starting March 1, 2023. Karamagi, who was recently appointed by the UETCL board, replaces George Rwabajungu, who resigned in August last year. Taremwa Micheal Kananura, has been l…

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