Bujagali Hydropower Station

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Bujagali Hydropower Station is a major hydroelectric power plant in Uganda that generates electricity from the Victoria Nile to supply a significant portion of the country’s power needs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station ⓘ
run-of-the-river power plant ⓘ
commissioned 2012 ⓘ
constructedBy Salini Costruttori ⓘ
linked to: Salini Impregilo
constructionStartDate 2007 ⓘ
controversy electricity tariff levels ⓘ
environmental concerns ⓘ
resettlement of local communities ⓘ
coordinates 0.515°N 33.177°E ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
countryServed Uganda ⓘ
damType run-of-the-river dam ⓘ
designedBy Acres International ⓘ
developer Bujagali Energy Limited ⓘ
distanceFromKampala about 80 km east ⓘ
environmentalImpact submergence of Bujagali Falls ⓘ
financier African Development Bank ⓘ
Agence Française de Développement ⓘ
European Investment Bank ⓘ
International Finance Corporation ⓘ
KfW ⓘ
linked to: KfW Bankengruppe

Netherlands Development Finance Company ⓘ
Proparco ⓘ
World Bank ⓘ
gridConnectionVoltage 132 kV ⓘ
220 kV ⓘ
installedCapacity 250 MW ⓘ
locatedIn Jinja District ⓘ
locatedNear Bujagali Falls ⓘ
Lake Victoria ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Victoria Nile ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 5 ⓘ
operator Bujagali Energy Limited ⓘ
owner Bujagali Energy Limited ⓘ
powerPurchaseAgreementWith Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited ⓘ
primaryFuel hydropower ⓘ
projectModel public–private partnership ⓘ
purpose electricity generation ⓘ
region Eastern Region of Uganda ⓘ
replaced thermal power generation capacity in Uganda ⓘ
roleInEconomy supports industrial and commercial power demand in Uganda ⓘ
shareholder Government of Uganda ⓘ
Industrial Promotion Services (Kenya) Ltd ⓘ
Sithe Global Power ⓘ
significance major source of electricity in Uganda ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
suppliesTo Uganda national grid ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
waterSource Lake Victoria via Victoria Nile ⓘ
linked to: White Nile

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Victoria Nile → hasDam → Bujagali Hydropower Station ⓘ
Bujagali Falls → largelySubmergedBy → Bujagali Hydropower Project ⓘ
linked to: Bujagali Hydropower Station
Bujagali Falls → relatedInfrastructure → Bujagali Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
linked to: Bujagali Hydropower Station
Buikwe District → hasHydropowerInstallation → Bujagali Hydropower Station ⓘ
subject linked to: Buikwe
Bujagali Dam reservoir → createdByProject → Bujagali Hydropower Project ⓘ
linked to: Bujagali Hydropower Station
Bujagali Dam reservoir → partOf → Bujagali Hydropower Plant ⓘ
linked to: Bujagali Hydropower Station
Bujagali Dam reservoir → supports → Bujagali Hydropower Station capacity of about 250 MW ⓘ
linked to: Bujagali Hydropower Station