The Mutundwe thermal plant in Uganda is ready to add its power to the Ugandan national grid. According to a report in Kampala’s New Vision, the plant, which has a total capacity of 50 MW, has added 15 MW to the grid and the remaining 35 MW will be available by the end of July.
The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company (UETCL) signed a three-year power purchase agreement with Aggreko International to build, own, operate and transfer the Mutundwe thermal plant.
“Day load shedding will be no more,” UETCL Chief Executive Eriasi Kiyemba said. “The impact of the project on the electricity tariffs will be zero because the Government procured a loan from the World Bank, which will mitigate the end-user price,” he continued.
The addition of several other plants has allowed Uganda to do away with load shedding according to Kiyemba. “The extension of the Lugogo thermal plant to three months, together with the Kiira and Mutundwe plants, the country would be availed with 150 MW, which are enough to wipe out day load shedding.”