Uganda - Buseruka Hydropower Project - Supplementary Loan
The project involves the construction and operation of a hydropower plant in Buseruka located in Hoima District to the West of Uganda. The plant has a capacity of 9 MW. The major component of works involves the construction of: (i) a 150,000 cubic meter capacity dam, (ii) a 1.4Km long power channel and fore bay, (iii), the 1.1 Km long penstock, a power house and the (iv) the electro-mechanical works. It also involves the erection of a 46-km, 33 kV evacuation line for grid connection, as well as the extension of transmission and distribution networks to areas that are currently not served by the national utility company, Uganda Electric Transmission Company Ltd (UETCL).
The project‘s main development outcomes originate from the provision of electricity to underserved communities in rural Uganda as well as the induced positive environmental effects.
The project beneficiaries are populations, rural communities, Uganda Electric Transmission Company Ltd (UETCL).
- Project ID
46002-P-UG-FAB-006- Activity status
- 2 - Implementation
- Aid type
- C01 - Project-type interventions
- % to Uganda
- 100.00
Organisations
- Funding
- African Development Bank
Disbursements by fiscal year, quarter
| Fiscal year |
Fiscal quarter |
Value (USD) |
Uganda Value (USD) |
Commitments by fiscal year, quarter
| Fiscal year |
Fiscal quarter |
Value (USD) |
Uganda Value (USD) |
| 2011 |
Q2 |
1,907,199.76 |
1,907,199.76 |
MTEF projections by fiscal year
| Fiscal year |
Value (USD) |
Uganda Value (USD) |
| CRS code |
% |
|
Hydro-electric power plants
(23065)
|
100.0
|