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Uganda and Tanzania signed an intergovernmental agreement on their proposed $3.55bn crude export pipeline from Lake Albert to Tanga port on 26 May. The agreement was signed in Kampala by Ugandan energy minister Irene Muloni and Tanzanian minister of constitutional and legal affairs Palamagamba John Kabudi.The 1,445km long, 24-inch diameter pipeline has an ambitious schedule aiming for completion in 2020.

Uganda | Tanzania
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The 5MW Siti 1 hydro plant developed under Uganda’s global energy transfer feed-in tariff (Get FiT) scheme has started operations in the Mount Elgon area of eastern Uganda. The run-of-river plant will power 60,000 homes, schools and businesses. The Netherlands’ FMO arranged a $35m senior loan for the financing of the 5MW Siti 1 and the 16.5MW Siti 2 projects, developed and owned by Elgon Hydro Siti Limited.

Uganda
Issue 345 - 05 May 2017

Uganda harbours nuclear ambitions

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Uganda expects to sign a memorandum of understanding with Russia in June on the development of nuclear power. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) senior energy officer Usamah Kaggwa said AF-Consult Switzerland was developing a nuclear power generation and investment plan for the period to 2040. “This will determine the nuclear fuel supply, reactor technologies and radioactive waste management options, investment and financing plans for the planned nuclear power projects,” Kaggwa said.In October 2016, a delegation from Rosatom, led by Viktor Polikarpov, the company’s regional vice-president for sub-Saharan Africa, visited Uganda and held talks with President Yoweri Museveni.

Uganda
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The first hydropower project to be developed under Uganda’s Global Energy Transfer Feed-in Tariffs (GET FiT) scheme was connected to the grid in mid-March. The 6.5MW Muvumbe run-of-river plant in Kabale district in Western region was developed by Sri Lanka-based small hydropower project developer Vidullanka through its fully-owned subsidiary, Muvumbe Hydro (Uganda) Limited, and involved an investment of $13.5m, the company said in a 14 March filing to the Colombo Stock Exchange.

Uganda
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A project to develop mapping software to find viable sites for micro-hydro projects, aiming to facilitate a mass market for turbines and ease financing for micro-scale projects, has been awarded £274,000 ($333,000) for a pilot project in Uganda. The software uses satellite imaging to look at river gradient and flow and combines it with geographic demographic data to pick out sites which have characteristics suitable for any turbine size.

Uganda
Issue 338 - 20 January 2017

Ugandan ERA names new acting head

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Uganda’s Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has appointed Ziria Tibalwa Waako as acting chief executive, replacing Benon Mutambi, who was named last year as permanent secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Waako, who joined ERA as director technical regulation in 2012, will head the ERA secretariat for six months or until the position is filled. Senior ERA staff had been keen to see a successor appointed from within the body to ensure continuity. Waako studied electrical engineering at Makerere University and worked at Uganda Electricity Transmission Company before joining ERA

Uganda
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Tullow Oil has farmed down most of its stake in the Uganda oil development to its partner Total, in a $900m deal that it says will significantly reduce development costs and give the project new impetus following a series of delays. “Farming down to Total was the ideal choice. They are a fantastic operator, and they will drive this project forward very, very quickly,” Tullow chief executive Aidan Heavey told a 11 January conference call to discuss the sale. Tullow has agreed to transfer 21.57% of its 33.33% in exploration areas 1, 1A, 2 and 3A to Total for $900m.

Uganda
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The 10MW Soroti solar plant was formally inaugurated on 12 December. The $19m project was developed under the Global Energy Transfer Feed in Tariff (GET FiT) scheme, a dedicated support scheme for renewable energy projects managed by Germany’s KfW Development Bank in partnership with Uganda’s Electricity Regulatory Agency and funded by the European Union and the governments of Norway, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Uganda
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Uganda and Tanzania are preparing to sign an inter-governmental agreement in December to build a 1,443km crude oil export pipeline from Hoima district in western Uganda through Bukoba in northern Tanzania to Tanga on the Indian Ocean coast. The $3.5bn, 24-inch pipeline is expected to transport 200,000 b/d of crude oil to Tanga.“The signing of the intergovernmental agreement in December will enable the two countries to choose a contractor to carry out a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study of the pipeline,” the East African newspaper quoted Uganda’s acting petroleum director, Robert Kasande, as saying.

Uganda | Tanzania
Issue 335 - 24 November 2016

Uganda regulator called in to clean up

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President Yoweri Museveni’s decision to appoint Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) chief executive Benon Matumbi as permanent secretary in the Department of Internal Affairs will test the theory that competent, honest technocrats can improve governance in even the most political of departments. Museveni in early November changed several powerful permanent secretaries, including sacking Fred Kabagambe-Kaliisa, who had held the post at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources for over 20 years. Government sources said he was seeking to mobilise party and national consensus following his re-election in February amid concerns over corruption.

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The Ministry of Health is seeking bids for solar systems for health centres in 25 districts under a project funded by the World Bank Group’s International Development Association for the supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of 100W-1,280W solar photovoltaic systems in 373 health centres through its Energy for Rural Transformation Project III. Bidding will be in three lots. Lot I includes 357 solar systems for 155 health centres in Kapchorwa, Kaliro, Kamuli, Buyende, Kween, Manafwa, Namutumba, Namayingo, Busia and Butaleja districts. Lot II is for 358 systems for 104 centres in Hoima, Kiboga, Kyankwanzi, Nakasongola, Alebtong, Lira and Otuke districts.

Uganda
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The African Development Bank and the EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund are funding cost of service and tariff affordability studies in Uganda and seeking expressions of interest from consultants. The work is part of the Uganda Rural Electricity Access Project. The studies will develop a framework for economic regulation of the sector which ensures both sustainability of funding and affordability of the tariff.

Uganda
Issue 333 - 29 October 2016

Uganda: Transferring power for Karuma

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The government is set to transfer executive powers for development of the Karuma hydropower project on the Victoria Nile to Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), as the final part of measures to improve management of the country’s largest construction project. Ondrej Voborny of AF-Consult Switzerland told delegates at the Hydro 2016 conference, organised by Aqua-Media International in Montreux on 10-12 October, that the transfer of executive powers to UEGCL from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) is expected to streamline the line of command.

Uganda
Issue 332 - 18 October 2016

Uganda: FMO financing for Tororo solar

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Netherlands development agency FMO has arranged a $14.7m senior loan for the financing of the 10MW Tororo solar photovoltaic project. The plant will be developed and owned by Italy’s Building Energy. FMO acted as mandated lead arranger of the facility, half of which was syndicated to the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund. The project is being developed under the KfW-led Global Energy Transfer Feed-in Tariffs (GET FiT) facility. FMO is also financing a similar scheme at Soroti, which began construction in March.

Uganda
Issue 331 - 04 October 2016

Uganda: Government rethinks refinery

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After failing to agree terms with the two leading bidders for its flagship refinery scheme, the government is restructuring the 60,000 b/d project and seeking a new investor. Ugandan officials spent more than three years negotiating with a Russian consortium led by RT Global Resources before talks collapsed in June and reserve bidder SK Engineering & Construction indicated that it was no longer interested in the project. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development assistant commissioner Dozith Abeinomugisha told the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum annual general meeting in Kampala that the government was looking for a new investor to take a smaller share.

Uganda