Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has said his country is considering the use of nuclear energy to supplement hydro-power.
Museveni noted that a developed Uganda would need a lot of energy (50,000 megawatts or more) which cannot be got from hydro-power even if all the sites that are not yet exploited are complete. This he said in the State of the Nation Address recently.
“We shall have some more energy from the geo-thermal (may be 1,000 megawatts or there about). Yet a developed Uganda needs a lot energy ─ 50,000 megawatts or more.”
“Meanwhile I prepare the country for the option of the nuclear energy because for that one, we have got endless supply. The composite growth for the whole economy has improved even before the bottlenecks have been removed,” Museveni said.
He however, said that if the cost per unit for solar energy goes down, then the solar energy will be the solution.
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