Floating Islands at Kiira/Nalubaale dams Archives

Eskom shuts down Nalubaale Dam as operations to fully restore Kiira Dam and remove third floating island get underway

Eskom Uganda Limited, the company running Jinja’s Nalubaale Hydro Power Dam (180MW) and Kiira Hydro Power Dam (200MW), has confirmed that it has totally shut down the Nalubaale Dam to pave way

April 21, 2020

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Teams from Eskom, UNRA, Directorate of Water Resources, UEGCL and UPDF work to remove the second island that made landfall last night

Uganda braces for 2 weeks of load shedding as second island blocks Nalubaale and Kiira dams, knocking off 100MW

Just days after a floating island interrupted power generation at Jinja’s Nalubaale Hydro Power Dam (180MW) and Kiira Hydro Power Dam (200MW), last night, a second floating island made a landfall. This

April 20, 2020

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