Bujagali Energy
Bujagali Energy Limited started in 2004, and owns the largest hydropower plant in Uganda. The Project was commissioned on August 1, 2012 and has been operating with an availability of 99% since then.
#8 – Bujagali Energy
Sector: Utilities
Bujagali Energy Limited started in 2004, and owns the largest hydropower plant in Uganda. The Bujagali Hydropower Project consists of a 250 MW run of river hydro power project on the Nile river, at Dumbbell Island, 8 kilometers north (downstream) of the existing Nalubaale (previously known as Owen Falls) and Kiira (Owen Falls Extension) power plants, in Uganda (the “Project”). The Bujagali power plant consists of a power station housing 5×50 MW Kaplan turbines with an associated 28 meters high earth-filled dam and spillway works. The Project was commissioned on August 1, 2012 and has been operating with an availability of 99% since then. Bujagali Energy operates under agreements with Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL), the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Finance and is regulated by the Electricity Regulatory Authority (“ERA”) in Uganda.