{"id":9830,"date":"2020-05-29T10:31:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T07:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=9830"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:31:06","slug":"angola-uganda-add-largest-hydropower-capacity-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2020\/05\/29\/angola-uganda-add-largest-hydropower-capacity-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Angola, Uganda Add Largest Hydropower Capacity In Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Angola last year added the largest capacity to its hydropower stock in Africa, followed by Uganda and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Angola added 334 megawatts (MW) of hydropower in 2019, while Uganda expanded its capacity by 260MW, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydropower.org\/publications\/2020-hydropower-status-report\">new report<\/a> by International Hydropower Association (IHA). Hydropower is a clean, low-cost renewable energy source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethiopia, which has retained its top spot as the largest hydropower producer on the continent, added 254MW last year \u2013 the third largest expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn Angola, the Lauca project commissioned one more turbine in 2019, making it the largest hydropower plant in the country with 1,670 MW of installed capacity. The remaining 401MW is expected to be commissioned in 2020,\u201d reads the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IHA report indicates that Ethiopia remains the top hydropower producer in Africa with an installed capacity of 4,074 MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second is South Africa (3,596 MW), followed by Angola (3,435 MW), Egypt (2,876 MW) while DR Congo is fifth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/snip.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9831\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/snip.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?attachment_id=9831\" class=\"wp-image-9831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/snip.png 831w, https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/snip-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/snip-768x453.png 768w, https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/snip-585x345.png 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Uganda has a total hydropower capacity of 1,040 MW and is ranked at position 13 in Africa, with its neighbours Kenya (826MW) and Tanzania (586MW) coming in at position 13 and 17 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn Uganda, two storage hydropower projects, Isimba (183.2 MW) and Achwa II (42 MW) were officially commissioned in 2019. Moreover, a total of 35.25 MW of additional capacity was added in 2019 under the Global Energy Transfer for Feed-in-Tariff (GET FiT) Programme,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tanzania mid-last year launched construction of Stiegle\u2019s Gorge also known as Julius Nyerere hydropower station&nbsp;which will have a capacity of 2,100MW upon completion. Likewise, Uganda is expected to commission Karuma dam (600MW) in November 2020 \u2013 its biggest hydropower project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early 2020, Ethiopian Electric Power announced the commissioning of the Genale Dawa III project with a total installed capacity of 254.1 MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hydropower remains the main renewable resource in Africa with over 37,000 MW of installed capacity. In 2019, the continent added 906 MW of hydropower to existing fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/kenya-posts-fastest-electrification-rate-in-africa\/\">Kenya posts fastest electrification rate in Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angola last year added the largest capacity to its hydropower stock in Africa, followed by Uganda and Ethiopia. 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