| FILE – In this photo taken June 30, 2016, a Ugandan worker levels the ground at a solar plant in Soroti about 300 kilometers east of Uganda capital Kampala. |
Funded by Norway, Germany, UK and the European Union, the $19 million plant was developed by Access Power and Eren Re, two energy sector investors based in Dubai and France respectively.
Officials have said they want to increase that capacity to 1,500 megawatts by 2018 and are seeking foreign investors to develop the country’s non-traditional energy sources such as solar and geothermal.
The plant, a vast field of some 32,600 photovoltaic panels, is located in Soroti in northeastern Uganda and the electricity generated will help power at least 40,000 homes.
Last week Uganda signed a 90 million-euro ($95.55 million)loan deal with German development bank KfW and French government finance agency AFD to build a 45 megawatt (MW) power plant in the country’s west.