{"id":6522,"date":"2022-08-31T16:57:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T16:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=6522"},"modified":"2022-08-31T16:57:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T16:57:12","slug":"energy-ministry-partners-with-aska-group-to-develop-geothermal-power-production-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/energy-ministry-partners-with-aska-group-to-develop-geothermal-power-production-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"ENERGY MINISTRY PARTNERS WITH ASKA GROUP TO DEVELOP GEOTHERMAL POWER PRODUCTION UGANDA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Sierra Ruth Arinaitwe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Government of Uganda represented by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) has partnered with ASKA Infrastructure Development to develop Geothermal power project in Katwe \u2013 Kikorongo, Kasese District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The partnership follows  the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Energy Ministry represented by the Permanent Secretary Eng. Irene Batebe and the Canada based company, ASKA Group during a meeting that was officiated by the Minister of State for Energy Hon. Okaasai Opolot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geothermal power is a form of renewable clean energy generated from areas with heat in the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hon. Okaasai Opolot pointed out that Uganda has great potential for the development of the  geothermal power project because of its location in the rift valley in the western Uganda. This was backed up by the President of ASKA Group Kamaal Samji who confirmed that Uganda has potential sites in places like Kasese -with steam in the ground that can be used in the generation of geothermal power .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister  Okaasai informed the delegation from Canada that power generation companies in Uganda can now operate independently since the legal framework allows them to generate, transmit and distribute the power to the end user. This he noted will have an empowering impact to the population who will rely on power to engage in income generating activities and improve livelihoods .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Eng. Batebe, the development of the geothermal power project is a critical strategy towards meeting the Ministry\u2019s mandate in its  2040 vision.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eng. Irene Batebe pointed out that ASKA group will be expected to conduct feasibility study and apply for the required licenses and permits. She further assured the ASKA Group that the Ministry will support the process through sharing all the necessary information and facilitating the project authorization needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kamaal Samji thanked the Ministry for the support rendered and partnership stipulated towards potential development of Geothermal power in Uganda. He assured the Minister that the project will provide clean energy solutions for Uganda and will be 100% financed by the Canadian government and other international credit development agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe project will be delivered in its predetermined time of 18 months. It will also be developed according to international standards like other power generation plants developed by ASKA group in Khartoum, Ghana,\u201d he  added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CEO of ASKA Group ,Dinu Samji said that  the partnership comes at a critical point in time where the  world is transitioning towards using clean energy. \u201cAs climate is changing, we need to take a proactive role to diversify to clean energy. The project will provide clean energy for Uganda,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salim Janmohamed, who is  the East Africa Project Liaison officer assured the Minister that the project is built for Uganda and will be a locally based initiative run by Ugandans. \u201cThere will be a maximum of ten (10) experts, the rest of the employees will be locally recruited and trained to meet international standards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Energy Ministry and ASKA Group extended their vote of thanks to Hon Ajedra Gabriel, the former State Minister of Finance for General Duties for coordinating and being a driving force for development of geothermal energy in Uganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Sierra Ruth Arinaitwe The Government of Uganda represented by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) has partnered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[87,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mou-1-scaled.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9923,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ministry-of-energy-launches-uganda-energy-policy-2023-which-targets-52000mw-of-power-by-2040\/","url_meta":{"origin":6522,"position":0},"title":"Ministry of\u00a0 Energy Launches Uganda Energy Policy 2023 which targets 52,000MW of power by 2040","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"September 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"By Zulfah Namatovu at Sheraton, Kampala The Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua has launched the Energy Policy for Uganda 2023in which an ambitious plan to \u00a0generate 52,000MW of electricity by 2040 has been revealed. 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