Nyamagasani II Hydroelectric Power Station

Nyamagasani II Hydroelectric Power Station, also 'Nyamagasani 2 Hydroelectric Power Station, is a 5 MW mini hydro power station, under construction in the Western Region of Uganda.

Location
The power station is located near the village of Kyarumba, in Kaghema parish, Kyarumba sub-county, in Kasese District, in the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains. This about 45.5 km, by road, southwest of Kasese, the nearest large town and the location of the district headquarters. Nyamagasani II Power Station lies close to and immediately downstream of its sister station Nyamagasani I Hydroelectric Power Station, which is under simultaneously development, by the same developers. Nyamagasani 2 is located at an altitude of about 1392 m.

Overview
Nyamagasani II HEPS is a run-of-river mini-hydro power plant, whose planned installed capacity is 5 MW. The project company, Nyamagasani 2 HPP Limited, is majority-owned by DI Frontier Market Energy & Carbon Fund, a Denmark-based renewable energy investment company.

Timeline
The project received GetFit approval in June 2015, and financial close was achieved in 2016. Construction started in 2017. Completion was initially expected in the fourth quarter of 2018. As of June 2019, completion and commissioning were expected during the second half of 2019.

Funding
Construction is budgeted to cost US$19.8 million, with US$3.7 million in GetFit subsidies. The funding includes money to build new 33 kV high-voltage lines to evacuate the power generated to Nkenda sub-station, approximately 36 km, to the northeast of Kyarumba, as the crow flies. This includes power generated from the adjacent Nyamagasi 1 Power station.