Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eskom Uganda has completed refurbishment works on the Nalubaale main dam, it said on Sept.10. The Shs11.6billion project undertaken by Sinohydro Corporation involved carrying out repairs on all damaged and cracked surfaces of the dam to cure leakages. While officiating at the project handover, Thozama …
Read More »Eskom invests Shs233m in Jinja city
Jinja , Uganda | Julius Businge | Eskom Uganda has improved Jinja city after investing Shs233million in lighting up the area. It said in notice shared with The Independent that it had handed over 31 solar streetlights, installed on Gabula Street to the Jinja City leadership. This investment is part of …
Read More »Eskom invests Shs 5bn in Kiira Power Station
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eskom Uganda Limited has invested Shs 5billion in an electronic governor upgrade for Units 14 and 15 at Kiira Power Plant, it said in a media release shared with The Independent on Apr.23. A governing system, the main controller of the hydraulic turbine, varies the water …
Read More »Energy companies asked to reduce power tariffs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development Goretti Kitutu has asked companies involved in the electricity sector to work reduce the cost of power. The minister notes that the tariffs have remained high because the costs of doing business were high which made it hard …
Read More »Eskom refurbishes Njeru primary school
Bwikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge | Eskom Uganda Limited has renovated the main administration block for Njeru Primary School in Bwikwe district (Eastern Uganda) under its corporate social responsibility programme, it said in a notice dated Oct.16 The block cost Shs44million and is expected to improve the schooling environment as …
Read More »Kiira, Bujagali power plants fully restored – Eskom
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bujagali and Kiira power dams have been fully restored and producing power units to their expected capacity, three days after their turbines were clogged by a floating island. The country suffered a blackout after two acres of a floating island clogged the turbines of …
Read More »Country running on reserved power supply-ERA
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Executive Officer of Electricity regulatory authority-ERA, Ziria Tibalwa, has said that power generation agencies are exhausting the reserved power sources to ensure that, there is the constant power supply in the whole country. Turbines at the three main power supply plants of Nalubaale, …
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