Mayuge Thermal Power Station is a 1.6 megawatt
bagasse-fired thermal power plant in
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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, the third-largest economy in the
East African Community
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.
Location
The power station is located on the campus of
Mayuge Sugar Industries Limited (MSIL), the owners of the station. This is in the village of Bunya, about northwest of the town of
Mayuge
Mayuge is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the location of the headquarters of Mayuge District.
Location
Mayuge is located on the Musita–Mayuge–Lumino–Majanji–Busia Road, about southeast of Musita. This is about south of ...
, in
Mayuge District,
Eastern Region of Uganda. This is about southwest of
Iganga, the nearest large town. Mayuge Power Station is located about , by road, east of
Jinja, the largest city in the
sub-region. The coordinates of the power station are 0°30'19.0"N, 33°24'56.0"E (latitude:0.505281; longitude:33.415560).
Overview
The power station is owned and operated by MSIL, one of the sugar manufacturers in Uganda. The station was designed and built around the sugar manufacturing plant of MSIL. The fibrous residue from the process of crushing sugar cane, known as
bagasse, is burnt to heat water in boilers and produce steam. The steam is pressurized and used to drive turbines, which then generate
electricity
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described ...
. The excess heat is used in the sugar manufacturing process. , the station was capable of producing a maximum of 1.6 megawatts of electricity, for internal use.
Licensure
In April 2014, the
Electricity Regulatory Authority received an application for expanding the power station to a generation capacity of 21-23 megawatts. The generated power will be used internally by the factory, with the excess sold to the
Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited
The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) is a parastatal company whose primary purpose is to make bulk electricity purchases and transmit the electricity along high voltage wires to local and foreign distribution points. UETCL ...
and integrated into the national grid. As of July 2015, the expansion was at "Feasibility Study Stage".
See also
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List of power stations in Uganda
*
Economy of Uganda
References
External links
All Uganda's Three Major Sugar Factories Co-generate Electricity From BagasseLeading Uganda’s power generation efforts - 8 February 2015
{{Mayuge District
Energy infrastructure completed in 2005
Bagasse-fired power stations in Uganda
Mayuge District
Eastern Region, Uganda