Uganda is planning a massive clean energy expansion – paid for by oil

Environment

Uganda announced a plan at COP28 to use oil revenues to fund a rapid expansion of clean energy across the east African country

By James Dinneen

Part of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in Uganda

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Uganda plans to increase its clean energy capacity more than twentyfold over the next two decades in order to expand electricity access to its 45 million residents. But funding for this ambitious plan will rely on revenues from a controversial oil pipeline being built across the country.

Currently, almost all of Uganda’s electricity is generated by hydropower and solar energy. However, this existing generation provides electricity…

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