Crafting Uganda’s hydropower potential
Uganda’s electricity system is the target of RENFIN/Hydropol Group’s Uganda Hydropower Solution 18MW programme, which will design, build, own and operate two run-of-river hydropower plants in the country’s mountain districts.
The 9.5MW Cheptui plant is a high-head scheme on the Cheptui and Cheseber rivers in Kapchorwa District, on the slopes of Mt Elgon in eastern Uganda, budgeted at €26 million.
Building out a distributed energy model
Powerbox Energy Systems is deploying large-scale solar and hybrid power systems across commercial and residential sites across Nigeria, using in-house engineering capacity spanning design, procurement, installation and after-sales maintenance. The company has partnered with inverter, battery and solar panel manufacturers to secure access to higher-efficiency lithium storage systems.
The investment case follows that because diesel gensets create noise, fuel costs, and health hazards, demand for distributed solar and storage is driven by necessity.
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