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dam-l Uganda urges Kenya to support damming plans/LS
This is a rather remarkable story. Uganda is planning a series of dams,
which will produce more power than needed for the nation. So the gov't is
urging neighbors to "buy in" to the proposed schemes to help get financing
for these white elephants.
>Uganda urges Kenya to buy electricity
>
>(from "Hydropower and Dams", Issue Three, 1999.)
>
>Uganda has called on Kenya to purchase more of its electricity to ensure the
>future development of two proposed hydropower schemes.
>
>Finance Minister G. Sendalua said plans by two foreign companies to build
>hydro stations on the Nile in Uganda had run into problems because project
>financiers wanted proof of export potential. Nile Independent Power (NIP), a
>US - Ugandan joint venture comprising AES Electric Ltd. and Madhvani
>International, is currently preparing development plans for a 250 MW project
>at Bujagali Falls, while a Norwegian consortium, headed by Norpak Power, is
>planning a 200 MW plant at the Karuma Falls.
> The country's only current power source is Owen Falls, which has a
>maximum
>capacity of 180 MW. With peak demand of around 260 MW, power outages are
>common in the capital Kampala, leading to a series of proposed new hydro
>schemes. However, the additional capacity was feared excessive for the
>country's investment capacity, as domestic demand is only expected to
>increase to 320 MW by 2000. Plans to increase exports to neighbouring states
>including Kenya were seen as the solution, but if Kenya's imports from
>Uganda do not increase, the proposed schemes will be in doubt.
>
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