Studies
Rural electrification. Hydro electricity N/A
Bujagali hydropower project – Feasibility study for a rural electrification programme
| Country : | Uganda . |
| Client : | AFD (French Development Agency ) |
| Start Date : | 2007 |
| Completion Date : | 2007 |
| Value of services : | 16 000 € |
| Funder : | AFD (French Development Agency ) |
| Associate/Partner : | N/A |
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| Description : |
The Republic of Uganda plans to install a 250MW hydropower facility on the Victoria Nile. The project, which should be carried out by Bujagali Energy Limited (BEL), is partly financed by the french AFD (75M US$ out of approx 720M US$). A part of this aid (10 to 15 M US$) is aimed at improving the Social & Environmental Action Plan (SEAP) provided by BURNSIDE, which aims at mitigating or compensating unwanted side effects of the project. |
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| Description of the Actual Services Provided | The mission of IED consists of a feasibility study of the “Rural Electrification” (RE) sub-component of these compensating measures and will include : • Review of documentation on rural electrification in Uganda (tariffs, regulation, GIS databases etc.) • Demand and investments needs assessment in the 8 project-affected villages • Identification of stakeholders (administrations, local communities, operators etc.) and their responsibilities throughout project implementation (sensitisation, works, O&M, billing & recovery, extensions to new consumers…). • Definition with BEL of the content, organisation and budget of the RE sub-component as well as its monitoring (methodology, outputs to be monitored and implementation calendar). |