The government of Uganda has announced completion of 24 MW Kabulasoke solar power park at a cost of USD 25 million. This is the first-of-its-kind solar park project in the East Africa region.
Great Lakes Africa Energy (GLAE) is part of a development consortium comprising Uganda’s Xsabo Power which has been working to deliver the solar power park in conjunction with the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company (UETCL).
The commercial operation date (COD) for the project was achieved on 30 December 2018 and duly confirmed by UETCL, as per terms of a 20 year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the government of Uganda. The pioneer solar module for the pilot solar project that sits on an area of 120 acre was laid on September 2018 by Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi.
The solar power park features Tier-1 poly crystalline solar modules with an efficiency of 17.6 percent which is now the highest in the Industry ensuring a high energy yield.
The Kabulasoke project, which is already connected to the national grid, will serve a population of more than five million in rural Uganda. GLAE is in the process of securing additional PPAs in Africa and beyond and is currently screening opportunities in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, among other countries.