Mayuge Solar Power Station

Mayuge Solar Power Station, also Bufulubi Solar Power Station, is an operational 10 MW solar power plant in Uganda.

Location
The power plant is located on 40.4 ha of leased land in Bufulubi Village, Imanyiro sub-county, Mayuge District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda.

Bufulubi Solar Power Plant is located approximately 110 km by road east of Kampala, the country's capital and largest city.

Overview
Emerging Power Uganda Limited, a renewable energy developer, has secured a 25-year lease on 100 acre of land from the Busoga Kyabazingaship for the purpose of building a solar farm. Application has been made to the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) to set up the plant and sell the power to Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited for integration into the national electric grid.

The power station comprises 30,600 sun-tracking pv panels, which track the sun to maximize power output. The power generated is enough to supply 30,000 homes.

Developers and funding
Metka EGN, the Greek construction conglomerate, was the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor. The construction, which cost US$11 million (USh41 billion), was funded by Tryba Energy, a French family industrial group dedicated to solar energy. Tryba Energy has secured a 20-year lease of 100 acres of land from the Busoga Kingdom, while an application was made to the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) to set up the plant and sell the power to Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) for integration into the national grid.

Timeline
The completed power station was commissioned on Thursday, 6 June 2019. At that time, Uganda' grid had a total contribution of 50 megawatts, from solar plants, including Soroti Solar Power Station (10 megawatts), Tororo Solar Power Station (10 megawatts) and Kabulasoke Solar Power Station (20 megawatts).

Other considerations
The energy generated here is sold to the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL), for integration into the national grid. UETCL pays US$0.11 for every kilo Watthour of energy, under a long-term power purchase agreement.