Xsabo Nkonge Solarline, a $17 million 20 MW solar power plant in Mubende district, will be commissioned before 31st March 2024, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. David Alobo, has revealed. He was speaking in Mubende at a function where Uganda Development Bank (UDB), the project’s financier, released their 2023 performance. He confirmed that the project […]
Kakira Sugar Limited and Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) have planted two thousand five hundred (2,500) trees in Namakwa – Mukono district as a drive to combat climate change. This is part of the 65,000 trees donated by Kakira Sugar Limited over a 6-year period (2022 – 2027).Robert Kwesiga, Secretary General of Uganda Red Cross […]
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Ruth Nankabirwa, has revealed that Uganda is set to generate at least 1,000 megawatts of nuclear energy come 2031.“We are looking at 50 percent renewable energy use, 40 per cent of which is going to be nuclear,” said Nankabirwa told the National Renewable Energy Conference that sat […]
Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Africa’s Lesedi Nuclear Services to develop its nuclear energy capacity.Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, presided over the MoU signing ceremony. She reaffirmed the government’s unwavering dedication to realizing its energy generation dream.“Nobody can deter us […]
Germany’s Ambassador to Uganda, Matthias Schauer, believes that Uganda’s idea of constructing a nuclear power plant is bad because of its potential threat to the population. Uganda is pursuing the idea of erecting a nuclear power plant in Buyende district, eastern Uganda so as to meet the country energy needs. While the idea is still […]
