Uganda, Sinohydro in talks over power line
The project envisions the construction of a 138 km HV transmission line to take power to South Sudan, the expansion of two substations and construction of one new one.
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Uganda, Kampala: It was announced that Uganda is in talks with Chinese firm Sinohydro Corporation Limited for the development of a $180 million power transmission line to allow the country to export power to energy-starved South Sudan. As part of the talks, a delegation led by Yang Yi Xin, Sinohydro Corporation’s vice president, met Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Monday. The project envisions the construction of a 138 km (85.75 miles) high-voltage transmission line to take power to South Sudan, the expansion of two substations and construction of one new one.
“We are very much willing to help develop this project with the required finance if needed,” Xin reportedly said to the president, who expressed support for Sinohydro’s offer to develop the project.
In June 2023, the two countries signed a power sales agreement to allow Uganda to sell electricity to South Sudan. Sinohydro is completing a $1.5 billion, 600 MW hydropower project on River Nile in northern Uganda, meant to be the source for the electricity exports to South Sudan.
Source: Reuters