By Our Reporter
Ministry of Energy in the week ending 18th March 2016 joined Access Uganda Solar, a partnership between EREN RE and Access Power to break the ground for what will be the largest privately funded solar power plant in East Africa.
Located in Soroti District in eastern Uganda, the 10MW power plant, once connected to the national grid is expected to provide clean low carbon, sustainable electricity to 40,000 homes and businesses in the area. The project will cost US$ 19 million.
Hon. Peter Lokeris, the State Minister for Mineral Development expressed the government’s gratitude to Access Power for the development of energy in the country.
“Uganda suffers an energy deficiency and has sought to work with corporations such as Access Power to bridge this gap. Government priorities such as Agro Processing can only get lifted off the ground with sufficient and reliable energy. I have confidence in the project because our country enjoys an all year round sunny climate which is the resource for Solar Power,
