Karuma Hydropower Station

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Karuma Hydropower Station is a major hydroelectric power plant in Uganda that harnesses the flow of the Victoria Nile to generate electricity for the national grid.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station ⓘ
infrastructure project ⓘ
associatedInfrastructure high-voltage transmission lines ⓘ
substations ⓘ
constructionStart 2013 ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
damType concrete gravity dam ⓘ
developer Government of Uganda ⓘ
directionFromKampala north ⓘ
distanceFromKampala about 260 kilometres by road ⓘ
environmentalConcern impacts on Victoria Nile ecosystem ⓘ
estimatedCost approximately US$1.7 billion ⓘ
expectedCommissioning mid-2020s ⓘ
feedsRegion East Africa Power Pool ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
fuelType hydropower ⓘ
fundingSource Export-Import Bank of China ⓘ
Government of Uganda ⓘ
gridConnection Uganda national grid ⓘ
hasUndergroundPowerhouse yes ⓘ
impact increases Uganda generation capacity ⓘ
supports industrialization in Uganda ⓘ
installedCapacity 600 megawatts ⓘ
languageOfCountry English ⓘ
locatedIn Kiryandongo District ⓘ
locatedNear Karuma Falls ⓘ
Karuma town ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Victoria Nile ⓘ
mainContractor Sinohydro ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 6 ⓘ
operator Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited ⓘ
owner Government of Uganda ⓘ
partOf Uganda electricity sector expansion ⓘ
plantType run-of-river ⓘ
primaryPurpose electricity generation ⓘ
regulator Electricity Regulatory Authority of Uganda ⓘ
riverBasin Nile Basin ⓘ
socialImpact resettlement of local communities ⓘ
transmissionVoltage 132 kV ⓘ
220 kV ⓘ
400 kV ⓘ
turbineCapacity 100 megawatts ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbines ⓘ

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Victoria Nile → hasDam → Karuma Hydropower Station ⓘ
Karuma → nearbyFeature → Karuma Hydropower Project ⓘ
linked to: Karuma Hydropower Station
Karuma → hasNearbyInfrastructure → Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
linked to: Karuma Hydropower Station
Karuma Falls → nearStructure → Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
linked to: Karuma Hydropower Station
Karuma trading centre → nearbyFeature → Karuma hydropower development area ⓘ
linked to: Karuma Hydropower Station