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The Africa Centre for Energy and Mineral Policy has said Uganda is negotiating with a Sri-Lankan firm that could result into exploitation of at least 40 megawatts of wind electricity.

The negotiations, which are in the early stages, Mr Don Bwesigye Binyina, the Africa Centre for Energy and Mineral Policy executive director, said could be one of the ways through which Uganda would green its electricity grid by 2030

Speaking during the fifth annual Great Lakes Mining and energy Transition Mkutano in Kampala, early this week, Mr Binyina said Uganda was in the process of phasing out fossil fuels, which could be enhanced by a potential extraction of more than 40 megawatts of electricity from wind energy.

“Negotiations are going on, but at an early stage. This would be the first wind energy project in the country. The investors have already secured power purchase agreement,” he said, noting that the initiative is being explored by Sri-Lankan firm Senok Wind Uganda, a subsidiary of Senok Wind Power Pvt, which has already installed data gathering windmills in Karamoja-Rupa.

Uganda is seeking to fully run a clean national electricity grid by 2030 and is betting on increased generation from renewable sources such as wind, solar and water to phase out fossil electricity.

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