Osukuru Thermal Power Station
{{Short description|Planned thermal power plant in Uganda}}
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| country = Uganda
| location = Osukuru, Tororo,
Tororo District
| status = Planned
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| commissioned = 2020 (expected)
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| owner = Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group
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| th_fuel_primary = Chemical
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| ps_electrical_capacity = {{convert|12|MW|abbr=on}}
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The Osukuru Thermal Power Station is a planned {{convert|12|MW|abbr=on}} chemical-fired thermal power plant in Uganda.{{cite web | first=Paul | last=Tentena | url=http://www.busiweek.com/index1.php?Ctp=2&pI=1720&pLv=3&srI=54&spI=100 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827101259/http://www.busiweek.com/index1.php?Ctp=2&pI=1720&pLv=3&srI=54&spI=100 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=August 27, 2014 | title=New phosphates project for Uganda during 2016 | date=24 August 2014 | accessdate=21 April 2016 | newspaper=East African Business Week | location=Kampala}}
Location
The power station would be in Osukulu Hills, about {{convert|8|km|0}}, by road, south of the central business district of Tororo, the headquarters of the Tororo District.{{cite web | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Market%2C%20Tororo%2C%20Eastern%20Region%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Osukuru%20Hills%2C%20Tororo%2C%20Eastern%20Region%2C%20Uganda%2C&dt1=ChIJMT1gxGhrfxcRinWGbrwuOZw&dt2=ChIJEekYSjBtfxcRdW-dXdk4NZ0 | title=Distance between Market, Tororo, Eastern Region, Uganda and Osukuru Hills, Tororo, Eastern Region, Uganda | publisher=Globefeed.com (GFC) | accessdate=21 April 2016 | last=GFC | date=21 April 2016}} This is approximately {{convert|204|km|0}}, by road, east of Kampala, the capital of the country.{{cite web | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kampala%20Road%2C%20Kampala%2C%20Central%20Region%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Osukuru%20Hills%2C%20Tororo%2C%20Eastern%20Region%2C%20Uganda%2C&dt1=ChIJCacTwgW5fRcRPuJJw9VOeWU&dt2=ChIJEekYSjBtfxcRdW-dXdk4NZ0 | title=Distance between Kampala Road, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda and Osukuru Hills, Tororo, Eastern Region, Uganda|publisher=Globefeed.com (GFC) | last=GFC | accessdate=21 April 2016 | date=21 April 2016}}
Overview
The power station is a planned joint project by the government of Uganda and the Chinese Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group. The station would be part of a US$620 million development known as the Osukuru Industrial Complex. The plant primarily would use excess heat generated during the chemical processes in the manufacturing complex to heat either steam or compressed air, which would turn the turbines and generate the electricity.{{cite web | accessdate=21 April 2016 | date=5 February 2016 | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1416350/sukulu-phosphates-signs-usd240m-funding | title=Sukulu phosphates signs $240 million funding | last=Mugabe | first=David | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala}} Construction of the industrial complex commenced in October 2015.{{cite web | accessdate=21 April 2016 | date=16 October 2015 | location=Kampala | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1410572/construction-uganda-sukulu-phosphate-factory-kicks | title=Construction of Uganda Sukulu phosphate factory kicks off | first=Faustine | last=Odeke | newspaper=New Vision}}
See also
{{Portal|Uganda|Energy}}
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- [http://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/knowledge/publications/126133/investing-in-the-electricity-sector-in-uganda Investing in the electricity sector in Uganda]
{{Tororo District}}
Category:Power stations in Uganda