Uganda’s Ituka solar plant powers up for nearly 200,000 homes
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AMEA Power activated the Ituka solar plant in the Madi Okollo district of northwestern Uganda on September 14, 2026.
The 24 MWp facility now sends electricity to Uganda’s national grid through the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited. The company expects the plant to generate around 53,940 MWh of electricity each year, enough to power over 192,640 homes. AMEA Power also calculates that the project will prevent approximately 26,600 tons of carbon emissions annually.
Construction included a new 25 MVA, 132/33 kV substation completed in July, which allowed for reliability and performance testing before delivering power to the grid. Ituka West Nile Uganda Limited, an Ugandan company owned by AMEA Power, developed the $27 million project with $19 million in senior debt from the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund. Ituka is the first independent solar producer in the West Nile region of Uganda, and currently has the largest installed capacity in that area.
This plant also marks AMEA Power’s first operational solar asset in Uganda, with electricity sales to UETCL guaranteed by a 20-year power purchase agreement.
