Since the shift from Uganda Electricity Board (UEB) in 2003 to West Nile Rural Electrification Company (WENRECo) and Electromax up until June 2024 and subsequent production and distribution on the National Grid, Obongi District remains unconnected to any single electricity pole.
Represented by lawyers MacDusman Kabega, John Jet Tumwebaze, and Elison Karuhanga, the accused persons presented their sureties, many of whom were close relatives engaged in various businesses. Sureties included prominent businessmen and women who vouched for the accused, seeking their release on bail.
The nine-member delegation led by the Acting Director of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining in Malawi Joseph Kalowekamo, arrived on Monday for a week-long study tour, hosted by Uganda's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development.
According to Dennis Rukundo, a solar PV Expert at the Makerere University Centre for Research and Energy Conservation (CREEC), the solar power grid tie system will solve the problem of darkness during outages.
Hajarah Nambaziira a resident of Nambeere village says that when women visit the facility, they are asked money for gloves, mama kits on top of high transport to the facility among others which they can’t afford.
According to Mulwana, they only have Shillings 2 million, which they intend to use to hire a technician to tap solar energy from eye clinic run by German partners.
The project had stalled for over a year following delays by unscrupulous brokers and former managers who were inflating compensation money and inciting Project Affected Persons-PAPs.
The plant with a capacity of 10 MWp, consists of 32,240 photovoltaic panels distributed over a 14-hectare site. The facility is designed to generate around 16-gigawatt hours GWh of energy annually, catering to the energy needs of more than 35,838 people in the area.
The government plans to increase hydropower generation from the current 825 Megawatts to 2500 Megawatts in the next two years or 2020. Two flagship large hydropower projects are under construction. Karuma is expected to produce 600 MW while Isimba will have 180 MW of power generated.
Uganda is expected to have 100 electricity mini grid sites constructed in areas that cannot have access to the main electricity power grids. The 400 mini grid stations will be funded under former US President Barrack Obamas Power Africa Initiative will have over 140,000 new electricity connections to areas currently not connected to electricity.
Ugandas growing economy, together with the conducive renewable energy policies according to the EU Head of Delegation in Uganda presents opportunities for investment in renewable energy.
Countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean say they are finding difficulties implementing the recommendations of the Paris Climate Change Agreement in 2015 without financial support from the developed world.
A new IEA report World Energy Investment 2016 shows the electricity sector leading a broad reorientation of energy investment but warns more is needed to meet climate targets and address energy security concerns.
The motor cycle is one of the latest innovations by the Chevy Volt, the manufacturer of electric cars. It is already being piloted in India with the manufactures saying the battery life is about forty five years.
The report finds that some of the African countries like Kenya, Rwanda and twelve others are already tapping into renewable energy to power their energy needs.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) revealed in a new report that biomass, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind are all competitive with or cheaper than coal, oil and gas-fired power stations.
