Floating Islands at Kiira/Nalubaale dams Archives

Eskom shuts down Nalubaale Dam as operations to fully restore Kiira Dam and remove third floating island get underway

by Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryApril 21, 2020April 21, 2020

Eskom Uganda Limited, the company running Jinja’s Nalubaale Hydro Power Dam (180MW) and Kiira Hydro Power Dam (200MW), has confirmed that it has totally shut down the Nalubaale Dam to…

Uganda braces for 2 weeks of load shedding as second island blocks Nalubaale and Kiira dams, knocking off 100MW

by Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryApril 20, 2020April 20, 2020

Just days after a floating island interrupted power generation at Jinja’s Nalubaale Hydro Power Dam (180MW) and Kiira Hydro Power Dam (200MW), last night, a second floating island made a…