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Uganda: Govt to Extend Power Supply to South Sudan
Monitor, 9 December 2020
Government is working on an interconnection to export electricity to South Sudan, according to Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL). Read more »
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Uganda: Uganda's Electricity Export Earnings Decline to Shs96b
Monitor, 28 October 2020
Uganda earned $25.64m (Shs96b) from electricity exports in the year ended August, according to details from Bank of Uganda. Read more »
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South Sudan: Lack of Power Lines Hurts Power Import Plan
East African, 31 August 2019
South Sudan's chance to be the first major consumer of Uganda's excess electricity may not be realised soon as the country still lacks interconnection lines to evacuate power. Read more »
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Uganda: Xsabo Group to Boost Uganda's Electricity Sector
Independent (Kampala), 23 January 2019
Xsabo Group plans to invest US$200million in the generation of solar power to supply to the national grid, according to its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, David… Read more »
Uganda to Extend Power Supply to Neighbouring South Sudan
The government is working on an interconnection to export electricity to South Sudan. This initiative will aim to create a stable, electricity-sharing platform for the East African Community. "The interconnection with South Sudan is in line with the EAC policy of connecting each country to have power sharing grid for better supply," the UETCL Managing Director Valentine Katabira has said. The interconnection is expected to be completed 2021.
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The Ugandan government says it is taking a fresh look at the concession model it has used to run the electricity subsector in the past 15 years after the South African power firm's ... Read more »
