Nalubaale and Kiira hydropower plant rehabilitation project

About this project

The specific objectives of the action are twofold: 1) to guarantee provision of green, affordable and reliable renewable energy by refurbishing of NKHPP turbines and equipment and carrying out ancillary civil works, and; 2) to ensure economic/social infrastructure and livelihoods protection on the Nile River Basin by improving NKHPP resilience against climate change. This should contribute to the general objective of securing and extend access to clean energy (SDG7) beyond the actual 19% access rate to the grid to 60% by 2030 as per the Uganda National Development Plan III and to support further sustainable industrialisation (SDG9) while making more resilient the country and the Nile Basin against climate change impact (SDG13).Uganda has currently 1235MW of total installed generation capacity of mainly renewable energy. Hydropower accounts for 90% and it is concentrated on the Nile River where several hydropower plants operate in a cascade scheme. As the Nalubaale-Kiira hydropower plant (NKHPP) is located at the outlet of the Lake Victoria and at the peak of the hydropower cascade it is a crucial infrastructure for controlling the water level on the Victoria Lake and water discharges on the Nile River what affects 290 million people in the Nile Basin. NKHPP 380MW of renewable energy accounts for 30% of the installed capacity in Uganda. It also provides the cheapest electricity to the Ugandan grid network (USD cents 1.2 per kWh) what contributes to contain the cost of el…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 7Affordable and Clean Energy
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 9Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 10Reduced Inequalities
• 13Climate Action
• 17Partnerships for the Goals

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Uganda

Sectors

River basins developmentHydro-electric power plants

Focus

Environment · Main focusClimate mitigation · Main focus

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2024-ACT-61710.

No updates yet.