In 2003, WENRECO, through competitive bidding, won a concession to generate, distribute, and sell electricity in the West Nile sub-region, consisting of eight districts and home to an estimated 2.3 million people. The company owns a 1.5 megawatt heavy fuel electric generator and is part-owner and operator of the Nyagak I Power Station.
WENRECO is the implementer and co-funder of the West Nile Rural Electrification Project, which was initiated in 2013. The project targeted electrification of 30 health centers, 60 schools, 250 businesses, and 6,000 households between 2013 and 2015. Funding for the project was provided by the government of Uganda, KfW, WENRECO, and the Energy Facility Pooling Mechanism.[3]
In 2013, WENRECO began switching the 4,000 customers that it had at that time to pre-paid metering service.[4]
WENRECO operates two power stations: WENRECO heavy fuel thermal plant with a capacity of 1.5 megawatts, located in Ewuata, Arua District; and the Nyagak I Power Station, a 3.5 megawatt mini-hydropower station, located in Paidha, Zombo District. These facilities are the main public electric power sources available to the West Nile sub-region, which is not yet connected to the national grid. Connection to the national grid is expected following the completion of the Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station around 2020.
Photographsedit
Photograph of WENRECO 1.5 Megawatts Heavy Fuel Power Station In Arua, Uganda
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Webpage of the Electricity Regulatory Authority
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west, nile, rural, electrification, company, limited, wenreco, electric, energy, generating, distribution, company, west, nile, region, northern, region, uganda, wenreco, wholly, owned, subsidiary, industrial, promotion, services, industrial, development, khan. West Nile Rural Electrification Company Limited WENRECO is an electric energy generating and distribution company in the West Nile sub region of the Northern Region of Uganda 1 WENRECO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Industrial Promotion Services IPS 2 the industrial development arm of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development AKFED AKFED is a member of the Aga Khan Development Network West Nile Rural Electrification Company WENRECO Company typePrivateIndustryElectric powergeneration and distributionFounded2003HeadquartersArua UgandaProductsElectricity Contents 1 Overview 2 Power stations 3 Photographs 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksOverview editIn 2003 WENRECO through competitive bidding won a concession to generate distribute and sell electricity in the West Nile sub region consisting of eight districts and home to an estimated 2 3 million people The company owns a 1 5 megawatt heavy fuel electric generator and is part owner and operator of the Nyagak I Power Station WENRECO is the implementer and co funder of the West Nile Rural Electrification Project which was initiated in 2013 The project targeted electrification of 30 health centers 60 schools 250 businesses and 6 000 households between 2013 and 2015 Funding for the project was provided by the government of Uganda KfW WENRECO and the Energy Facility Pooling Mechanism 3 In 2013 WENRECO began switching the 4 000 customers that it had at that time to pre paid metering service 4 Power stations editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources West Nile Rural Electrification Company news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message WENRECO operates two power stations WENRECO heavy fuel thermal plant with a capacity of 1 5 megawatts located in Ewuata Arua District and the Nyagak I Power Station a 3 5 megawatt mini hydropower station located in Paidha Zombo District These facilities are the main public electric power sources available to the West Nile sub region which is not yet connected to the national grid Connection to the national grid is expected following the completion of the Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station around 2020 Photographs editPhotograph of WENRECO 1 5 Megawatts Heavy Fuel Power Station In Arua UgandaSee also editElectricity Regulatory Authority Nyagak II Power Station Nyagak III Power StationReferences edit West Nile rural electrification project ESI Africa com Retrieved 2017 09 05 Nyagak I hydropower plant inaugurated Aga Khan Development Network www akdn org Retrieved 2017 09 05 About West Nile Rural Electrification Project WENRECo to introduce pre paid metering in West Nile Red Pepper Uganda www redpepper co ug Retrieved 2017 09 05 External links editWebpage of the Electricity Regulatory Authority Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title West Nile Rural Electrification Company amp oldid 1147054418, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
