Nengo Bridge Hydroelectric Power Station
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| location = Nengo Bridge, Rukungiri District
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| owner = Jacobsen Elekro
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Nengo Bridge Hydroelectric Power Station, often referred to as Nengo Bridge Power Station is a planned {{convert|6.7|MW}} mini-hydroelectric power station in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community.
Location
The power station is located across the Mirera River between Rukungiri District and Kanungu District at the location of Nengo Bridge, along the road between Rukungiri and Kanungu.{{cite web| url=http://www.ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=42325| title=Kanungu District Cut Off As Nengo Bridge Collapses| date=14 May 2012 |accessdate=23 October 2014 |first=Anthony |last=Kushaba |publisher=Uganda Radio Network (URN)}} This location lies approximately {{convert|13|km|mi}}, by road, southwest of Rukungiri.{{cite web| url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?%20fromplace=Rukungiri%20(Rukungiri)&toplace=Kanungu%20(Kanungu)%20&fromlat=-0.8411111&tolat=-0.9575&fromlng=29.9419444&tolng=29.7897222|title=Map Showing Rukungiri And Kanungu With Distance Marker | publisher=Globefeed.com |date= |accessdate=23 October 2014}}
Overview
Nengo Bridge Power Station is run of the river, mini-hydropower installation, with planned capacity of 6.7 MW.{{cite web|
url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/64MW-to-boost-power-grid--avert-shortage/-/688334/1645474/-/wi29v9/-/index.html |title=64MW To Boost Power Grid, Avert Shortage |date=17 December 2012|first=Nelson| accessdate=23 October 2014|last=Wesonga|newspaper=Daily Monitor (Kampala)}} Jacobsen Elektro, a Norwegian power development company, through its Ugandan subsidiary, Jacobsen Elektro Uganda Limited, owns the development rights to the power station.{{cite web |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/649830-eight-firms-to-benefit-from-58m-renewable-energy-deal.html |title=Eight Firms To Benefit From US$58 Million Renewable Energy Deal|date=25 November 2013 |accessdate=23 October 2014 |first=Ibrahim |last=Kasita| newspaper=New Vision (Kampala)}} Jacobsen Elektro also owns the 50-Megawatt Namanve Thermal Power Station in Mukono District, which they developed in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.jacobsen-elektro.com/namanve_pp.htm |title=Namanve 50MW Thermal Power Plant, Uganda |date=5 November 2008 |accessdate=23 October 2014 |last=JEC |publisher=Jacobsen-Elektro.Com (JEC) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213132055/http://www.jacobsen-elektro.com/namanve_pp.htm |archivedate=13 December 2013 }}
Construction costs
{{asof|October 2014}}, the exact construction budget for the power plant and the high-tension power lines that will evacuate the generated electricity to where it will be integrated into the national grid is not publicly known. As a comparison, Kanungu Power Station with capacity of {{convert|6.6|MW}}, was developed by a different company between 2008 and 2011 at a total cost of US$14 million.{{cite web |date=22 November 2011 |accessdate=23 October 2014 |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1277056/-/bgqsylz/-/index.html|title=Kanungu Mini-Hydro Dam Starts Work Today Amid Power Outages |first=Perez |last=Rumanzi|newspaper=Daily Monitor (Kampala)}} Kanungu Power Station in the town of Kanungu, lies about {{convert|13|km}}, by road, southwest of Nengo Bridge.
Construction time table
The power station is one of the nine renewable energy projects in Uganda that were awarded production licenses in October 2014 by the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA). Construction is expected to start in December 2014, and last approximately two years.{{cite web |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/660985-era-licenses-9-renewable-energy-projects.html|title=ERA Licenses 9 Renewable Energy Projects |date=22 October 2014 |accessdate=23 October 2014|last=Sanya|
first=Samuel|newspaper=New Vision (Kampala)}}
See also
{{stack|{{Portal|Uganda|Water|Renewable energy}}}}
References
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External links
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=0.815000S,+29.833333E&hl=en&ll=-0.808241,29.849682&spn=0.026519,0.04549&sll=-0.814999,29.831293&sspn=0.003315,0.009774&t=m&z=14&iwloc=near Estimated Location of Nengo Bridge Hydropower Station At Google Maps]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928123556/http://www.rukungiri.go.ug/ Rukungiri District Homepage]
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