Namanve Power Station is a 50 MW
heavy fuel oil
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-fired thermal power plant in
Uganda
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. Sometimes the power station is referred to as Kiwanga Power Station.
Location
The power plant is located in a locality known as Kiwanga, in
Namanve
Namanve is an area in the Central Region of Uganda. The larger portion of Namanve lies in Kira Municipality, in Wakiso District with portions located in Mukono Municipality, in Mukono District.
Location
Namanve lies in Bweyogerere Ward, in s ...
in
Mukono Municipality,
Mukono District
Mukono is one of the districts in the Central Region of Uganda. The town of Mukono is home to the district's main commercial center and district headquarters.
Location
Mukono District is bordered by Kayunga District to the north, Jinja Distri ...
, in Central Uganda. This location is approximately , by road, east of
Kampala
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, Uganda's
capital and largest city.
The plant is located in
Kampala Industrial and Business Park
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, an , business and industrial development area. This location is off of the
Kampala-Jinja Highway, in North Namanve. The coordinates of the power plant are:0° 22' 57.00"N, +32° 40' 43"E (Latitude:0.3825; Longitude:32.6786).
Overview
Namanve Power Station was owned and operated by Jacobsen Electricity Company (Uganda) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary o
Jacobsen Elektro an independent
Norwegian
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* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
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power production company. The plant cost US$92 million (€66 million) to build. Funding was provided by several sources including: (a) The
Government of Norway, through a
NORAD grant (b)
Nordea Bank of
Norway
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(c)
Stanbic Bank Uganda and (d
Jacobsen Elektro The plant uses ''heavy fuel oil'', a byproduct of petroleum distillation. Construction of Namanve Power Station started in January 2008 and was completed in July 2008. Power production began in August 2008 on a trial basis, with commercial production commencing in September 2008. The power station was commissioned in November 2008. Jacobsen Elektro, the company that built the station, also owned it, for the first 13 years of the power station's life.
The thermal power station was built under a
build–own–operate–transfer (BOOT) model for 13 years. On 14 September 2021, Jacobsen Electro transferred ownership to
Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited
The Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) is a parastatal company whose primary purpose is to generate electric power for use in Uganda and for sale to neighboring countries. As of December 2017, UEGCL's generation capacity was 380 ...
, who now own, operate and maintain the power station.
Full and complete handover of the power station to UEGCL was effected on 24 February 2022, after the government of Uganda had compensated Jacobsen for certain expenditures, including "the money spent on buying land, unused fuel and spare parts".
The power station has seven thermal generators each rated at 7.17 MW, for total installed capacity of 50.2 MW at maximum output. When there is no electricity emergency in the national grid, this power plant is operated at a baseline of 7 MW, to keep each of the seven generators running and ready. 43 full time employees operate the power station.
See also
References
External links
Overview of Namanve Power Station
{{Mukono District
Oil-fired power stations in Uganda
Mukono District
2008 establishments in Uganda