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Power Plants in Uganda
Uganda has 11 power plants on the map, adding up to about 1 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is hydro. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.
POWER PLANTS11
TOTAL CAPACITY1 GW
MOST COMMON FUELHydro
By fuel
How Uganda’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.
Hydro6 · 55% · 667 MW
Solar3 · 27% · 44 MW
Biomass1 · 9% · 12 MW
Oil1 · 9% · 50 MW
Largest power plants in Uganda
The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.
250 MWBujagali FallsHydro
205 MWKiiraHydro
180 MWNarubaleHydro
50 MWLugogo SubstationOil
24 MWKabulasokeSolar
12 MWKakira Sugar WorksBiomass
11 MWBugoyeHydro
11 MWMubuku-3Hydro
10 MWIshasha RiverHydro
10 MWSorotiSolar
10 MWTororoSolar
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