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6,000-10,000 MW HYROELECTRIC ENERGY IN UGANDA

Stands Engineers is an Engineering firm registered in Kenya. It specializes with

civil designs of greenfield and brownfield projects.

With National Development goals stipulated in Kenya Vision 2030 and East African

Community integration devopment goals, Stands Engineers creates civil designs

based on research that focuses on the region’s infrastucture demands.

Stande Engineers

143-00614 Wangige,Nairobi,Kenya.

Tel. (254) 728 001 545

E-mail: [email protected]

www.standsengineers.com

2015©

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.standsengineers.com/

Powering the Future We Want Recognizing Innovative Practices in Energy for Sustainable Development

Abstract

The proposer, Stands Engineers is an Engineering firm specializing in Civil Designs.

This proposed project will generate 6,000-10,000 MW of Hydro-Electric power from the Nile Basin

Catchment area and the Albertine Rift, and an undetermined potential in tidal energy in a canal

channeling the two basins in Western Uganda. This will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa

sister to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (6,000 MW HPP) along Ethiopia’s Blue Nile, as well as

the 8th largest in the world once they are completed.

The preliminary Cost Benefit analysis shows a return on investment within a period of one year into

operations at normal Developer Bank’s rates.

It is aimed at igniting an Industrial revolution to a growing population of over 130 million people within

the East African region in the following aspects:

Available power supply for domestic use, industry and mining e.g. Oil pumping.

Reserve the use of coal in thermal power plants for use in steel manufacture.

Reduce cost of power in US cts/KW.

Providing employment opportunities.

The project will also provide the following:

A 70m wide and 5m deep canal offering transportation, tourism and Tidal power generating

potential over its full length.

Mitigation of the Riparian rights of the people and environmental conservation measures.

Agricultural innovation enabled through irrigation along the channel.

Flood mitigation.

The project involves channeling water from the reservoir L. Victoria which has an elevation of 1,134m

together with water from R. Nkusi to a Forebay dam which will provide a flow of between 1,200-2,000

cumec over a head of over 500m into the power generating turbines and then outflow to L. Albert

whose elevation is 615m.

Stands Engineers submit for funds to facilitate the development of this project up to the stage of

Government approval.


Contents.

Abstract

Literature Review……………………………………………………………………………..1

Background to Power Demand………………………………………………………….….2

Case Study……………………………………………………………..………….……….…4

Features of the Hydropower Project……………………………………………..…………6

Economic Purpose ………………………………………………………………………..…10

Socio- Economic Development……………………………………………………………..11

Implementation Plan………………………………………………………………….……...13

Organizational Experience and Capacity………………………………………………….14

Benefit and Cost Analysis……………………………………………………………………16

Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………….…………18

References………………………………………………………………………….………….19

Appendix

The Great Rift Valley……………………………………………………………..….………21

Proposed development along the Kyoga Nile…………………………..….……22

The rivers and lakes of Uganda…………………………………………..…………….23

Hydropower design and basic formulae……………………………………..…….24

The Design…………………………………………………………………………………..……25

The Nile Basin………………………………………………………………………..………….26


Abbreviations

EAC…………..East Africa Community

GWh…………...Giga (109) Watt Hour

JICA………..… Japan International Cooperation Agency

MW………….…Mega (106) Watt

MWh……………Mega (106) Watt hour

NEMA…………..National Environment Management Authority

NMC…………….Numerical Machining Complex

RCMRD……….Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development


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Literature Review

East Africa’s energy solutions lie in the Great Rift Valley. These are oil, geothermal energy, wind energy

and hydroelectric power potential. Geologists explain that the 6,000 km valley was formed from a

splitting process of the African Plate into two separate plates; the African Nubian Plate and the African

Somali Plate millions of years ago. It is the Engineer’s role to make hypothesis into a reality; turning

theory into shareholder value.

Striking oil is a well calculated gamble. Geologists and Geophysicists explore a twofold condition where

first, the oil can be created and secondly, where the oil can be trapped underground. Oil is created when

marine fossils are heated under pressure and minimal oxygen supply by layers of sediment over millions

of years. Entrapment is formed when the earth movements position an impervious rock over the oil

bearing rock so as to trap the oil against displacement by underground water due to its lower density.

The Great Rift Valley provides these necessary conditions and is home to the recently discovered Oil

wells of 4.4km in the Albertine Rift, the Ugandan district of Hoima and also a 3 km deep well Ngamia 1 in

Turkana, Kenya.

The Great Rift Valley is also home to 10,000 MW Geothermal Power potential across Eastern Africa.

Kenya’s locality befalls a third of this energy. The separation of the continental plates along with the

Earth’s crust left the Earth’s mantle scantily exposed creating a wonder for tourists in the scenic

landforms enriched by volcanic signatures and hot springs whose secret is hidden deep within molten

rock, the source of geothermal energy.

Wind energy is tapped where air at high pressure areas moves to low pressure areas created by zones

with temperature differences adjacent to one another. The Great Rift Valley creates this condition. The

low lands are hot and more humid due to altitude and evaporation of the waters of the Rift Valley lakes

which creates a low pressure zone against the cold and less humid high pressure zones of the highlands.

This is the condition that creates wind energy that is converted to electric energy by wind turbines.

Hydroelectric Potential (HEP) is determined by two principle parameters; the quantity of flow and the

height of fall. Mother Nature has provided these two in the Great Rift Valley.

The Ethiopian highlands offer a large catchment area, where the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam that

is currently under construction along the Blue Nile attests to, is raised against the valley providing 6,000

MW HEP.

Uganda has got an even greater potential. Civil Designer, Stands Engineers’ design is based on the full

hydropower generating potential from the waters of the Victorian Basin catchment area into the

Albertine Basin while mitigating the environmental measures. It has additionally compounded all the

hydropower potential from R. Nkusi. Further, the design opens an undetermined Tidal Power

Generation Potential by installing tidal stream turbines along the proposed 100 km long canal by

independent power producers.


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UGANDA’s Hydroelectric Power Background.

Uganda has currently embarked on a new expansion project targeting approximately 3,023 MW of

hydroelectric power at a cost of US$ 10.03 Billion as tabulated below.

Site Type of Scheme Max. output

(MW)

Discharge

for the

Output

(m3/s)

Cost

(000, US$)

Kalagala Dam 330 1375 656,203

Isimba Dam 138 1375 617,940

Karuma Run of river 600 840 1,976,565

Oriang Run of river 392 840 1,754,255

Ayago Run of river 616 840 1,618,468

Kiba Run of river 292 840 2,265,578

Murchison Dam & waterway 655 840 1,137,727

Total 3,023 10,026,736

This is to meet an annual growth rate of 8%, about 20 MW. Having a present peak demand of about 400

MW the peak power demand forecast for the year 2030 is approximately 2,500 MW using the current

8% annual growth rate. However, projecting into the future, Uganda requires over 5,000 MW for their

post Vision 2040 energy demand.


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Uganda stands out as a prime country for power exportation to the East African countries; Kenya,

Burundi and Rwanda, for its advantaged in the following ways;

It is centrally located.

There is an existing power line infrastructure.

The Energy Sector is one of the key sectors in the Ugandan economy with a general objective to generate

power that will be able to meet the ever-growing needs of the domestic market and a surplus that would

be exported to neighboring countries.

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Features of the Proposed Hydropower Plant Project

The Canal

The engineering product that sparks an industrial revolution

This project’s salient feature is a canal; the second major canal in Africa. In Asia – Pacific region, the

Grand Canal, China is the longest canal at over 1,700 km length. It was manually dug by the Chinese

Dynasties as early as the 5th century BC to cut across 5 river systems and hence established the

infrastructure for economic and military supremacy. In Europe, the canals ingeniously navigated bulky

industrial coal at economically sustainable prices that lead to a myriad of canals which spread into

America. In Africa, the Suez Canal offers an alternate shipping route, similar to the Panama canal of S.

America, whose economic value is priceless to the host nations. From hindsight, the Canal can be said to

be that engineering product that sparks an industrial revolution.

Nonetheless, this project whose salient feature is the second canal in Africa will ignite an Industrial

revolution to the peoples of East Africa.

This project located in the Southwest part of Uganda, is a design based on the full hydropower

generating potential from the waters of the Victorian Basin catchment area into the Albertine Basin

while mitigating the environmental measures. It has further compounded all the hydropower potential

from R. Nkusi. Additionally, the design creates an undetermined Tidal Power Generation Potential by

installing tidal stream turbines along the proposed 100 km long canal.

River Katonga is known to flow both eastwards into L. Victoria and also westwards from L. victoria to L.

Edward. This means that hydrological studies along the river would reveal a relatively constant elevation

along its river bed for most of its length. The water will be channeled from the reservoir, L. Victoria

through that natural channel, R. Katonga, to flow westwards and through a canal which shall be

excavated between R. Katonga and R. Nkusi. This may require nominal dredging to clear up settled

sediment to provide the required dimensions of the natural channel from L. Victoria.

Design of the canal from R. Katonga to R. Nkusi will minimize the earthworks while maintaining the

required flow. The presence of the swampy area, along the designated route, indicates the presence of

impervious rocks underneath necessary to enhance water retention along the canal due to its

impervious nature. Excavated rocks will provide the necessary material for an earth dam construction in

a cut and fills procedure. Further material will be utilized for building dykes where required for flood

mitigation measures along the channel.

The Forebay dam shall be provided to retain the flow volumes from the canal and R. Nkusi. It will be

designed to the same elevations as that of L.Victoria. The dam shall also maintain water levels of the

canal for navigational purposes.

The flow from the dam to the powerhouse where power generation turbines are located shall be

directed through penstocks designed to specifications.


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Thereafter, the flow from the powerhouse shall be through tail water tunnels into L. Albert also

designed to specifications.

Spillway flow will be channeled downstream of R. Nkusi into L. Albert.

The Design of the Power Plant

The waters of Lake Victoria in Uganda gradually drain into the Albertine basin via Lake Kyoga to the

North and Lake Edward to the West. However, basing on the hydrologic delineation, the Victorian Basin

is independent of the Kyoga Basin. The Victorian Nile therefore, provides a Northern drainage channel

between these two basins superimposing the Victorian Basin over the Kyoga Basin. Similarly, River

Katonga provides the Western drainage channel.

The design isolates the flow of the Victorian Basin via a canal to maximize the head and flow into L.

Albert.


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Basic Analysis

= *1000 x 9.81 x (1200 to 2000) x 510+

= 6,000 - 10,000 MW


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Environmental Mitigation

The Nile Basin in Uganda is comprised of the Victorian Basin and the Kyoga Basin. However, the Kyoga

Basin is independent of the Victorian Basin. The Victorian Nile provides a drainage channel between

these two basins superimposing the Victorian Basin over the Kyoga Basin. Therefore, the Kyoga Basin

has the natural capacity to retain the ecosystem within its catchment area independently of the

channeled waters of the Victorian basin.

Rainfall in this region is uniquely plenty due to the presence of L. Victoria, equatorial rain forests and the

7 year return period of the El Nino phenomena. This precipitation promises availability of water to fill

the lakes and dams for environmental sustainability and marine economics rather than major

hydroelectric power generation.

The Nalubaale dam shall control flow along the Victorian Nile to maintain the water levels of L. Victoria

and mitigate the riparian rights downstream. The Karuma dam, currently under construction, shall

similarly control drainage downstream while observing the Riparian right of the people

This mitigates all the major environmental considerations arising from this project.


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CASE STUDY:

Basis of Kenya’s Power Importation.

The current peak power demand is expected to increase from 1,500 MW to 19,000 MW by 2030 and a

reserve margin of 30% totaling to over 24,000 MW.

The total installed effective capacity is 1,783.1 MW of which 1,161.1 MW or 65.1% is generated by

KenGen, 503 MW or 28.2% by Independent Power Producers and 120 MW or 6.7% is Emergency Power.

With a peak demand of 1,300MW, the reserve margin under dry hydrology is negative.

Hydro Geothermal Thermal Cogen Wind Total Proport

ion

KenGen 770 150 236 1.1 1,161 65.1%

IPPs 91 386 26 503 28.2%

Emergency 120 120 6.7%

Total 770 241 741 26 5.1 1,783.1 100%

Contribution 43.2% 13.5% 41.5% 1.5% 0.3% 100%

Power units in MW

Kenya’s electric power expansion is dependent on:

Total Installed Capacity

Hydro

Geothermal

Thermal

Cogen

Wind


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Thermal Energy. Thermal electric power may be generated from

A 3,000 MW geothermal energy potential and,

Non-renewable mineral sources such as coal and petroleum.

Nuclear energy. Plans are underway to install the first Nuclear Power Plant in the country of 4,000 MW.

Importation from Ethiopia. The greatest challenge of importing power is:

High cost of power due to energy losses in the long distance supply (over 1,000km transmissivity

resistance).

Stable reliance is uncertain due to water resource conflicts between the host country and Egypt.

Power lines traversing the war torn territories of Northern Kenya.

Policy Framework

Energy supply is a flagship project for National development goals of the Kenyan Vision 2030 and the

Uganda’s Vision 2040 and the UN’s Millennium Development Goal.

The East African Community (EAC) provides a rigid foundation for professionalism and teamwork for

regional integration on economic development.

The University of Nairobi, which is a government body provides access to government ministries and

also correspondence from other regional Universities on the basis of research.

Transformational Impact

A significant economic hub shall be created in global spheres and millions of employment opportunities

for citizens following an industrialization revolution.

Sustainability of the Project

Capacity. Lake Victoria is the second largest lake in the world. This natural water reservoir in the region

has the capacity to supply a perennial constant flow, and hold additional capacity waters of the El Nino

rains.

Riparian Rights. Water regulation for the riparian rights along the Victorian Nile will be controlled at the

Nalubaale Dam and for the Kyoga Nile, control shall be provided at the Karuma dam.

Environmental Conservation. Mini dams are recommended to be constructed downstream of the

Karuma dam for environmental conservation and fish ladders for a minimum flow of 15 cumec.

The lakes system in Uganda and two major dams (Nalubaale and Karuma dams) offer a regulatory

mechanism for maximum exploitation of El Nino waters with minimum environmental degradation.


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Back-Up Power Plants. The hydroelectric plants along the Victorian and Kyoga Niles shall provide back-

up power when required due to reduced flow.


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Economic Purpose for the Proposed Hydroelectric Power Plant

This project proposal has a capacity range of 6,000-10,000 MW of hydroelectricity generation. This

range is based on the 7-10 year period El Nino phenomena within the region that increases the

hydrological flow capacity.

Demand for hydropower within the East African region is accelerated by the following reasons:

Steel Industry

Steel manufacture requires iron ore and coal for processing.

Kenya has vast iron ore deposits and coal which are the basic components necessary for a robust steel

industry. This will in return offer growth opportunities for steel related industries such as automobile

assembly industry, a vibrant construction industry among others within the region.

Hydropower replaces coal’s use in thermal power generation and reserves coal for steel manufacture.

Oil Extraction

Oil extraction involves pumping which in an energy requirement. Current discoveries of oil in the region

have raised the demand for power.

Population Growth

The East African region has a rising population of over 130 million (2010). Such energy is essential for

domestic electrification.

This offers a good base for education and a potential market for local and international investors in

industry.

Other Providence

Navigational Canal The project will offer water transport along its whole length for vessels with less

than 5 m deep hull. This is the cheapest means of transport for bulky loads and it shall preserve the

roads against damage between the ports of L. Victoria and the industrial district of Hoima.

Tidal Power Potential This is a relatively new technology that converts tidal energy from water currents

to electric power by the use of tidal turbines. The magnitude of Lake Victoria, the wind due to exposure

and the locality of the canal relative to the lake intimate significant amounts of tidal energy hence a

large tidal energy potential.

Water Sporting Facilities This will offer a highly exciting and unique attraction facility for local and

international tourism in Eastern Africa.

Agricultural Innovation The channel and dam shall provide water for agricultural use through irrigation.


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Socio-Economic Development

This project has got significant influence in the following industries:

Construction Industry

The engineering works involved in this engineering feat are labour intensive which will provide jobs to

the local residents. This will enhance economic empowerment to the local residents.

Steel Industry

Reserving of coal for steel manufacture rather than thermal power generation in the region is a step

towards securing the sustainability of a Multi-billion dollar Steel Industry. This industry has the capacity

to employ over 3 million regional citizens directly and indirectly. These fall in the following sectors:

Mining sector for the raw materials.

Manufacturing of steel sector.

Processing of steel industries.

Construction industry using the steel products.

Other industries using steel products such as automobile assembly, shipping industry, utensils,

jua kali sector, etc.

The scrap metal industry.

Financial Service Industry

The potential further adds the value of the Ugandan Shilling and regional currency against international

currency which will have an exponential effect to the economy by adding each individual’s purchasing

power within the region.

Attracting Investors

Investors undertake logical and systematic methods of identifying, analyzing, evaluating, treating,

monitoring and communicating risks associated with investing within the region. These risks are

Reinvestment risk

Operation risk

Interest rate risk

Systematic risk

Event risk

Liquidity risk

Solvency risk

Market risk

Credit risk

Legal risk

Investor confidence shall be concretely secured in Hydropower for it is a safe and sustainable energy

source unlike the serious risks such as accidents, proliferation, terrorism and nuclear war posed by

Nuclear Power Plants.


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This will be the basis for exporting power to the neighboring countries within the region.


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Implementation Plan

Development of this project requires collaboration of Government, Development banks and the private

sector within the East African Community through the PPP (Public- Private Partnership) scheme.

Currently, this project has satisfied the theoretical threshold for industrial research according to the

University of Nairobi and calls upon industry for a joint collaboration with the research institution; the

University of Nairobi, the Civil Designer; Stands Engineers and the facilitator who will fund the

development of this project.

Stands Engineers applies for this grant to financially facilitate the development of this project from the

initial stage of an industrial research to the detailed status of Government approval.

This project comprises of

The canal

The foredam

The power house

The tail water system

The preliminary design of the whole project comprises of the route location, the volume of material to

be excavated, the site location of the foredam and the tail water system may be achieved through

remote sensing techniques and site visits. Remote sensing is an Engineering survey technique of

obtaining information about an area without being in actual physical contact with area based on

interpretation and analysis of data acquired by satellite sensors. Remote sensing techniques are offered

by the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development in Nairobi, however, this will require

permission from the Ugandan Government (military) to allow access.

These designs shall be presented for Government approval for the design stage to the Ugandan

Government through the East African Committee.

The complete designs shall require:

Collection of actual data on the ground in Uganda i.e.

o Hydrological data

o Geotechnical data

o Engineering surveys

Tests on the samples

Consultancy

Further development of this project shall be driven by the Ugandan Government and interests of the

East African Committee based on their national development goals and the Millennium Development

goals.


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Organizational Experience and Capacity

The University of Nairobi

The proposer wishes to have a collaborative research with the University of Nairobi for the University’s

capacity to undertake this project is evident in the following areas:

Qualified Staff Members The University is rich in the appropriate levels of education and

experience necessary for the various challenges to be encountered in this project.

Quantity of Staff Enough staff members to handle the project.

Laboratory Services The University has sufficient laboratory furnishing and equipment for

effective data analysis.

Capital Assets The University has the potential to provide a stable cash flow and the necessary

asset capacity such as vehicles etc. to support the project.

University’s Friendly Environment. This is evident in correspondence to other Universities in the

host country such as Makerere University and Government.

Interested Industries

Interested industries are invited on the basis of their capacity to undertake this project.

Proposer

Stands Engineers is an Engineering firm, founded by Kanyiri Andrew F. Kago, a Kenyan undergraduate in

BSc. Civil and Construction Engineering at the University of Nairobi. It specializes in creating innovative

Civil Designs for realizing economic and development goals for the East African region.

Tana Railway Bridge; a 200m bridge across R. Tana carrying 2 railway tracks, a 3m wide walkway and a

maximum of 6 (600 mm diameter) pipelines, was designed under the supervision of Dr., Eng. S. O.

Abuodha. It is a civil design proposal for a railway and pipeline link between the LAPSSET corridor and

the existing East African Railway (newly the Standard Gauge Railway) where the design concept of a

bridge to cross the Tana River was developed for the following gains:

Benefits of the Lamu-Mombasa Railway Link

• To link the Port of Lamu to Uganda and Rwanda via the new Standard Gauge Railway.

• To prevent heavy truck loading on roads in accordance to Government policy.

• To open the flexibility of choice for ports (i.e. between Lamu Port and Mombasa Port) to both

importers and exporters.

• To introduce double railway track system to ease traffic.


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• To boost regional business by offering economies of scale to both importers and exporters by

making use of large ships (Super Post Panamax vessels ) with capacity of 8,000 teu which can

only dock at Lamu Port.

• To create a competitive edge over the proposed US$ 11 Billion. Bagamoyo Port project, Tanzania

who’s potential in the region threatens business in Kenyan Ports as the main regional hub.

• Railway transport offers an economical and efficient transport system to supply building

materials, labour and component parts which are necessary for the growth of Lamu’s

infrastructure as the largest port city in Africa.

• The presence of a railway offers an incentive to investors and entrepreneurs from the public and

private sector and also from the international spheres.

• To merge the two economies over the LAPSSET corridor and The East African Railway corridor

(SGR) to boost an exponential growth.

Land acquisition for railway construction in the region is economically feasible due to:

– It is partly owned by the Government.

– There are no major permanent structures on course.

– Railway reserve required is relatively less than that required for road reserve.

Benefits of the Lamu-Mombasa Pipeline Link

• To aid in funding the bridge.

• To supply refined oil from The Lamu Refinery to the existing Kenyan Pipeline Network for

storage, consumption or exportation. (This is the pipeline Network that links Mombasa to

Kisumu through Nairobi, Nakuru and Eldoret.)

• To offer Mombasa Refinery as a substitute to the Lamu Refinery during surplus or break downs.

• To provide a pipeline to supply the Aviation fuel depots between the two corridors.

• To economically supply refined petroleum products to Lamu.

• To create employment during and after its construction.

• To attract investors to the region.


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Benefit and cost Analysis

Projection of the Karuma Dam Costs.

The costing of the Karuma Dam shall be used to project costs for preliminary analysis.

Item Description Cost (Million US$)

(Karuma Dam)

Projected Cost

(Million US$)

Works Preliminary and Pre-

Operative expenses

15.23 20

Land 0.37 0.0

Civil Works 99.0 99.0

Excavation of canal N/A ***

Power Plant Civil

Works

1022.50 2,000.00

Buildings 33.89 40

Plantation 0.05 0.05

Miscellaneous 13.94 N/A

Maintenance 11.22 11.22

Special T&P 0.50 0.5

Communication 10.0 10.0

Environment and

ecology

19.42 20.0

Losses on stock 2.80 N/A

Establishment 49.0 50.0

Indirect charges: audit &

Account

3.07 3.07

Electro-mechanical

Works

330.78 400

Total cost 1,677.77 2,653.84*


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The asterisk `*’ on the table signifies that the cost is yet to be determined.

Benefits arising from this project shall be quantified ONLY on Electricity power sale using the current

rate in Kenya.

Power Produced` Hourly

income(US$)

Monthly

income (US$)

Annual income

(US$)

1 kWh 0.11244 80.956 984.964

1 MWh 112.45 80,955.90 984,963.75

1 GWh 112,438.80 80,955,923.60 984,963,736.70

6 GWh = 6,000 MWh 674,632.70 485,735,541.40 5,909,782,420.00

10 GWh = 10,000 MWh 1,124,387.80 809,559,235.70 9,849,637,367.00

The Data has been obtained from a Kenyan electricity bill, November 2014 at KSh 90 to

the US$.

Basing on the above analysis, an annual income of US$ 9.85 Billion can be attained against the lump

sum cost of approximately US$ 2.653* Billion exclusive of canal excavation costs.

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Conclusion

A sneak view of an economic comparison to the suggested alternative HPPs within the Nile Catchment

area is tabulated below.

HPP Maximum Output

(MW)

Cost

(US$ Billion)

Annual Income

(US$ Billion)

Seven Sites Hydropower

Master Plan by JICA

3,023 10.03 2.98

Proposed project 10,000 2.65* 9.85

*estimate cost exclusive of excavation costs.

This project is three times more economically viable against the currently proposed Seven Sites

Hydropower Master Plan by JICA and substantially less in costs and time assuming the cost of excavating

the canal to be below US$ 5 bn.0

*Benefits in tourism and transportation from the canal have not been included.

Annual Income (US$ Billion)

Seven Sites HydropowerMaster Plan by JICA 3,02310.03

Proposed project 10,0002.65*


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With this objective, advantage and power demand, Uganda is persuaded to offer its citizens available

Post-2040 power requirements and a power surplus of between 3,000 – 7,000 MW for regional export

by adopting this project.

Also it is EAC’s interest to implement this proposed project which will provide the region with 6,000-

10,000 MW of hydroelectric power.


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References.

Karuma HPP EIA report.


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Appendix


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The Great Rift Valley


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The rivers and lakes of Uganda


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The Design: Route Location of the canal and dam.


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Hydrologic Delineation; The Victorian basin, the Kyoga Basin and the Albertine Basin.

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