{{Short description|Hydroelectric power station in Uganda}} {{Infobox power station | name = Waki Power Station | name_official = | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | relief = | coordinates = {{coord|01|45|59|N|31|21|59|E|region:UG_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | country = [[Uganda]] | location = [[Butiaba]], [[Masindi District]] | status = P | construction_began = | commissioned = 2017 (Expected) | decommissioned = | cost = | owner = Hydromax | operator = | ps_units_operational = | ps_units_manu_model = | ps_units_uc = | ps_units_planned = | ps_units_cancelled = | ps_units_decommissioned = | ps_electrical_capacity = 5 MW | ps_electrical_cap_fac = | ps_annual_generation = | website = }} '''Waki Power Station''' is a proposed {{convert|5|MW}} mini hydroelectric power station in [[Uganda]], the third-largest economy in the [[East African Community]].
==Location== The power station will be located across the ''Waki River'', in [[Butiaba]], [[Masindi District]], in [[Western Region, Uganda|Western Uganda]]. This location lies near the eastern shores of [[Lake Albert (Africa)|Lake Albert]], near the point where River Waki empties into the lake. Butiaba lies approximately {{convert|60|km|mi}}, by road, west of [[Masindi]], the location of the district headquarters, and the nearest large town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Masindi%20(Masindi)&toplace=Butiaba%20(Masindi)&fromlat=1.6744444&tolat=1.8113889&fromlng=31.715&tolng=31.3305556|title=Map Showing Masindi And Butiaba With Distance Marker| accessdate=11 July 2014|publisher=Globefeed.com}}</ref>
==Overview== The '''Waki Hydropower Project''', will be a [[run of the river]], mini-hydropower installation, with installed capacity of 5 MW. The energy generated will be fed into the national electric grid via either an 11 kV or a 22 kV transmission line. Feasibility studies were initiated in 1997.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACB843.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313053309/http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNACB843.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 13, 2012 |title=Feasibility Study For The Development of A Mini-Hydro Power Plant Along The Eastern Shore of Lake Albert|first=Nathaniel|last=Richardson| accessdate=11 July 2014|date=31 May 1997|publisher=USAID}}</ref> More recently, in 2006, '''SN Power Invest''' of [[Norway]], carried out new feasibility studies on Waki and [[Buseruka Power Station|Buseruka]] power projects.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/459/480277 |title=Loadshedding Will End Soon|publisher=[[New Vision]]|date=5 February 2006| accessdate=11 July 2014|last=Newvision|first=Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/495178 |title=Electricity Prices Set To Rise|publisher=[[New Vision]]| date=25 April 2006 |accessdate=11 July 2014 |first=and Mariam Nalunkuuma |last=Apollo Mubiru}}</ref> However, SN Power Invest abandoned the project and in 2008, the development license was re-allocated to '''Tronder Power Limited''', also from [[Norway]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/220 |title=More Power Licenses Given Out|publisher=[[New Vision]]|date=15 May 2008| accessdate=11 June 2014 |first=Ibrahim |last=Kasita}}</ref> However, Tronder Power Limited also pulled out of the deal and in 2010, the license for Waki Power Station was allocated to '''Hydromax'''. The power station will be owned and operated by '''Hydromax''', a private energy investor, who developed [[Buseruka Power Station]] in [[Hoima District]], between 2005 and 2013.
==Construction timetable== Construction was initially expected to begin in 2012, with commissioning anticipated in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=11 July 2014| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Business%20Power/-/688616/893144/-/l55abu/-/index.html |title=Uganda's Energy Relief Still A Long Way |date=6 April 2010 |last=Oluka|first=Benon Herbert| publisher=[[Daily Monitor]]}}</ref> In October 2014, the [[Electricity Regulatory Authority]] (ERA), awarded the electricity production license to the developers of the power station. Construction is expected to begin in December 2014, with completion planned in 24 months.<ref>{{cite web |date=22 October 2014| accessdate=23 October 2014 |first=Samuel |last=Sanya |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/660985-era-licenses-9-renewable-energy-projects.html |newspaper=[[New Vision]] (Kampala)|title=ERA Licenses 9 Renewable Energy Projects}}</ref>
==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Uganda|Water|Renewable energy}}}} *[[List of hydropower stations in Africa|Africa Dams]] *[[List of power stations in Uganda|Uganda Power Station]]
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==External links== *[http://www.era.or.ug/index.php/license-applications/doc_download/86-application-for-generation-license-for-the-proposed-waki-hydro-power-station Hydromaxx Applied For Waki Power Station License From ERA In November 2013]
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