Electricity

May 11, 2022

Uganda Moves Closer To Nuclear Energy Dream

Uganda has finally picked a site on which it intends to build a nuclear power plant. The site is a 30km2 stretch of land in Buyende district in Busoga region, about 170 kilometres from the capital Kampala. The choosing of the site was one of the most critical decisions government needed to make as i…

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May 6, 2022

Africa Can Help Solve The Energy Crisis

By Yoweri Museveni The discovery of oil in Uganda has been cause for celebration at home. Predictably, however, the Lake Albert basin oil project – which marks a milestone in Uganda’s ambition to become an oil producer and exporter – is being met with criticism from developed and already industriali…

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April 5, 2022

CNOOC Applies For Power Generation License

CNOOC Uganda Ltd has formally applied to government for a license to generate and sell electricity from the gas resources at its Kingfisher oil field. The company sent its license application to the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) with the intention of installing a 39.1MW gas to power project…

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March 9, 2022

Tariffs To Drop As Govt Takes Over Jacobsen Thermal Plant

Uganda’s electricity generation tariff is expected to drop by about 18 per cent after government took over the operation and maintenance of the 50MW Jacobsen thermal power plant in Namanve, the largest such project in the country, a government statement has revealed. The power plant, which had been …

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January 31, 2022

Bantu Energy Seeks Generation License For Uganda’s First Geothermal Plant

The Electricity Regulatory Authority has received an application from Bantu Energy (U) Limited for the generation of 10MW of geothermal electricity, which, if approved, will be the first such project in the country. The license application is the boldest step yet taken by a company seeking to genera…

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December 20, 2021

Subsidies Return As ERA Announces New Electricity Tariffs

DEI – Nearly 10 years after Uganda scrapped electricity subsidies for consumers, the government has reintroduced a small window for such financial relief, with the beneficiaries being only two industrial parks. Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, said last week that gov…

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November 17, 2021

Uganda Considering Clean Energy as it Embarks on Oil Journey

Uganda is reviewing its National Oil and Gas Policy as global pressure mounts on countries to focus more on cleaner sources of energy as a measure against the effects of drastic weather changes, according to Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development. The disclosure is contained…

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October 22, 2016

Tribunal sheds light on Umeme`s tax woes and battles with power regulator

After years of raking in free money through inflated projections of some of its costs, Umeme is finding it difficult to make easy money, with the company in the process of making one last stand against government�s proposals on how electricity tariffs – the power supplier�s main cash cow – should be…

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October 21, 2016

Babungi to take charge of Umeme, Uganda’s foremost energy distributor

Come April 1, Selestino Babungi, will take charge of Umeme, Uganda’s foremost energy distributor following the stepping down of Managing Director, Charles Chapman. Babungi, who has previously served as Umeme’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), was also appointed an Executive Director with effect from M…

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October 21, 2016

Victoria University Wants a Part in Uganda’s Developing Oil Story

Apart from the infrastructure challenges faced by Uganda in its quest to develop its oil and gas industry, the lack of the requisite skills needed by the industry is another gap that needs to be urgently addressed if the locals are to benefit maximally from the natural resource. No wonder, several i…

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