Nzizi Power Station is a planned 100 MW (130,000 hp) natural gas -fired thermal power plant in Uganda .
8-678: The power plant is planned to be constructed in Nzizi, near the Nzizi Natural Gas & Oil Field, in the Kaiso-Tonya Area in Hoima District in the Western Region of Uganda. Kaiso and Tonya are small settlements, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) apart, on the eastern shores of Lake Albert . This is approximately 61 kilometres (38 mi) by road, west of Hoima , the nearest large town and
16-453: A wholly owned subsidiary of Jacobsen Elektro AS , an independent Norwegian power production company, who will construct and operate the plant. The plant will primarily use natural gas to heat water and produce steam that will turn the turbines to produce electricity. If need be, the plant will also be designed to use heavy fuel oil , a byproduct of petroleum distillation, as an alternative fuel. The Nzizi Natural Gas & Oil Field, from which
24-548: The district are:01 24N, 31 18E. Hoima District, Buliisa District , Kibaale District , Kiryandongo District , Kakumiro District , Kagadi District and Masindi District , constitute Bunyoro sub-region , which is coterminous with the Kingdom of Bunyoro . The palace of the Omukama of Bunyoro is located in Hoima . During the 1991 national population census, the population of Hoima District
32-401: The location of the district headquarters. The approximate coordinates of the power station are 1°31'16.0"N, 30°58'05.0"E (Latitude:1.521104; Longitude:30.968047). The coordinates are approximate because the power station has not been built yet. The power station is a planned joint project by Tullow Oil Uganda Limited , who will supply the fuel, and Jacobsen Electricity Company (Uganda) Limited,
40-522: The north, Masindi District to the northeast, Kyankwanzi District in the east, Kibaale District to the south, Ntoroko District to the southwest and the Democratic Republic of the Congo across Lake Albert to the west. Hoima , the location of the district headquarters, is located approximately 230 kilometres (140 mi) northwest of Kampala , Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of
48-529: The power plant is estimated at US$ 170 million (UGX:436.9 billion). Of that, US$ 25.5 million (UGX:65.5 billion) representing 15 percent of the total, will be contributed by the Ugandan government . Hoima District Hoima District is a district in Western Uganda . Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its main municipal centre, Hoima . Hoima District is bordered by Buliisa District to
56-467: The power station will draw its fuel, has confirmed natural gas reserves of at least 14,000,000 cubic metres (490,000,000 cu ft). The power generated will be evacuated along a 132 kilovolt transmission line to a substation in Hoima , where the power will be integrated into the national power grid. According to Uganda's government officials, construction is expected to commence in 2016 and last 10 months, with commissioning in 2017. The total cost for
64-434: Was about 197,850. In 2002, the national census that year, estimated the population of the district at bout 343,620, with an annual population growth rate of 2.8%. In 2012, the mid-year district population was estimated at 548,800. Agriculture with emphasis on food crops is the backbone of the district economy. Crops grown include: Fishing on Lake Albert employs several hundred people. The recent discovery of petroleum in
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