Chinese constructed power plant underway in Uganda

The plans to commission the Chinese constructed Isimba Hydropower Plant in Uganda’s central part along River Nile are underway. Uganda Electricity Generation Company Ltd. said in a statement that the current physical progress of the 183 MW Isimba power plant is estimated at 98.5 percent.

The progress of the Isimba Hydropower Plant is ‘incredible’, as cited by chairperson Board of Directors, Uganda Electricity Generation Company Ltd., Proscovia Njuki. He said the contractor, China Water and Electric Corporation Limited, has moved fast to ensure that three out of the four generating units are on the national grid, as reported by Xinhua.

She was concluding a routine appraisal of the 568 million U.S. dollars power plant located in Kayunga district. According to UEGCL, the power plant is scheduled to be launched on Jan. 24. Construction of the plant started in 2015, after Uganda secured a loan from China Export Import Bank. Uganda got the loan to address the country's power shortage, which economic experts said was stalling economic development.