Government has set new timelines for completion of Karuma Power plant Project Karuma Hydroelectric Station, the largest power-generating installation in the country, will be ready for commissioning by September 2024, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Development has disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Construction of the 600MW power facility located in Kiryandongo District along the river Nile commenced in December 2013. It was initially estimated to cost USD 1.7 billion, approximately 6.323 trillion Shillings but the cost has since skyrocketed to 8.183 trillion
Shillings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karuma was expected to be completed by 2018 but the project underwent unprecedented delays and extensions. Sidronious Okasaai Opolot, the State Minister for Energy explained that the dam was expected to be ready by 2019, but it suffered
encumbrances such as land acquisition and vandalism among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Okasaai further stated that as of now, four out of the six units are fully operational and synchronized to the national grid. However, the fourth unit is pending completion by the end of November while the sixth unit will be ready in 2024 to enable optimum
functionality of the decade-long hydroelectric facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eng. Emmanuel Sande Nsubuga, a Principal Energy Officer in the Ministry says completion of the Karuma Dam project will facilitate power supply to meet the growing demand for 1gigawatt of electricity needed by the different industrial players around and
along the transmission route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weighing on Karuma Power Project, Eng. Cecilia Nakiranda Menya, the Acting Director of Energy Resources in the Ministry notes that the Karuma power project is among other ongoing generation plants aimed at meeting the 52,000 MW of generation
capacity to drive Uganda\u2019s sustainable economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In November 2022, Parliament approved another request by the Government to borrow up to US$331.5 million approximately Shillings 1.242 trillion from the International Development Association\u2013 IDA of the World Bank Group to support the electricity
access scale-up project in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notably, in a recent plenary sitting of Parliament, legislators from across have expressed disappointment with the status of the electricity and power sub-sector in the country. The government has set a target of achieving universal access to electricity by
2030 but plans to connect an additional 1.5 million households to the grid and increase the electrification rate from 28% to 50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently, Uganda has an installed electricity capacity of 1,402 megawatts as of December 2022, according to the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), with demand at 843 MW leaving a surplus of 559 MW. Once completed, the country\u2019s installed
electricity capacity is projected to hit at least 2000 MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In October, the Government launched the Energy Policy 2023 to scale up access to electricity for households, refugee and host communities, industrial parks, commercial enterprises, and public institutions, so as to spur socio-economic transformation, in line
with Uganda\u2019s Vision 2040.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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