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Uganda to import emergency
power from Kenya
ZIBABWE UGANDA has scheduled power cuts across the Meanwhile, the government plans to import
country after its 183MW Isimba hydropower 60MW of electricity from neighbouring Kenya
plant was forced to suspend operations due to to help make up the difference and plans to
flooding that affected generators and turbines, restart an idled 50Mw thermal plant in Kam-
Minister of Energy and Mineral Development pala, she said in a statement. An additional
Ruth Nankabirwa said on Tuesday (August 17). 20MW will come from Kakira sugar plant,
The hydropower plant, which is under an which produces power from cane pulp.
emergency shutdown, represents 15% of the With about 40 power plants, Uganda’s total
power generated by Uganda, East Africa’s installed generation capacity has grown from
third-largest economy. 400MW in 2000 to 1,237MW as of October
Authorities will take a number of measures, 2020, 80% of which is from hydropower. Peak
including implementing load shedding, to min- demand is about 800MW, according to the
imize demand on the grid, Nankabirwa said regulator.
until the plant is back online, which will likely
take several weeks.
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