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MITIGATING UGANDA’S LONG TERM
NEGATIVE ENERGY-USE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS
Background
he Government Energy Balance of 2012 showed that residential consumption took about 67%
T(of which 24% was electricity); Commercial consumption counted for 13% (11% being electrici-
ty), industrial use stood at 12% (65% of this being electricity) while transport accounted for 7% and ag-
riculture 1% with these two using negligible electricity. Each of these imposed a different level of stress
on the environment.
The Ugandans’ energy mix comprises of direct firewood in a large part of rural Uganda; a substan-
tial quantity of firewood-derived charcoal for most urban and peri-urban areas; electricity and a small
amount of bottled gas in urban areas. Most of the energy expended in the transport sector and to a
smaller extent in some of the industries is from the more expensive and imported fossil resources which
has a significant negative economic impact on the country. To date Uganda is yet to convert some of its
own fossil reserves into usable products.
