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Kikagati Hydro Power Plant

Sector: Hydro • Location: Uganda

Source: World Bank Group

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The project involves the development, construction and operation of the 14MW Kikagati run-of-the-river hydro power plant located on the Kagera River between Uganda and Tanzania. The produced energy will be sold to Uganda Transmission Company through a 20-year PPA. Uganda Transmission Company will then sell half the electricity to Tanzania. This is one of the projects developed under the KfW's Ugan

Status
Prospective
Sector
Hydro, Power Generation (CCGT), Government, Commercial
Location
Uganda
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
World Bank Group

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The project “Kikagati Hydro Power Plant” is an infrastructure initiative in the Hydro sector, located in Uganda. Taiyo aggregates data on it from World Bank Group.

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The project involves the development, construction and operation of the 14MW Kikagati run-of-the-river hydro power plant located on the Kagera River between Uganda and Tanzania. The produced energy will be sold to Uganda Transmission Company through a 20-year PPA. Uganda Transmission Company will then sell half the electricity to Tanzania. This is one of the projects developed under the KfW's Uganda GET FiT. The SPV is Kikagati Power Company Ltd, backed by the Africa Renewable Energy Fund, a fund managed by Berkeley Energy Africa Ltd. The project cost is $ 87 million. The $54 million debt package is provided by the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) in the amount of $27 million and FMO in the amount of $27 million. Financial close was reached on 7 August 2019. The project is expected to generate around 113 GWh of clean energy annually. https://ijglobal.com/articles/141847/kikagati-hydropower-reaches-financial-close https://ijglobal.com/data/transaction/45662?name=Kikagati%20Hydro%20Power%20Plant%20(16MW)&link=%2Farticles%2F141847%2Fkikagati-hydropower-reaches-financial-close https://www.fmo.nl/project-detail/52073 https://www.eaif.com/eaif-announces-milestones-for-clean-energy-projects-for-mozambique-uganda-and-tanzania/

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Uganda

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Hydro, Power Generation (CCGT), Government, Commercial

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2024-10-01

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