By Ibrahim Kasita: The 250megawatts (MW) Bujagali hydropower plant started commercial operation on August 1, doubling Uganda’s electricity supply.
This was after successful completion of the mandatory reliability tests run for all the five units on June 13, which confirmed that the individual units were capable of delivering the unit contract capacity of 50MW, with five units operating together.
Kabagambe Kaliisa, the energy ministry permanent secretary, said the plant is meeting 49% of Uganda’s energy needs.
But Bujagali project started supplying electricity to the national grid in February when the first of the five units was commissioned.
via www.newvision.co.ug.
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