Today, the state minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Honorable Okaasai Sidronius Opolot, commissioned a 40kWp mini grid in Kiwumu, Mukono district in Uganda to power 300 households and 60 local businesses.
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Utilities 2.0 is a global initiative to unite centralized utilities and the decentralized renewable energy sector to end energy poverty faster.
In collaboration, centralized and decentralized electricity providers can design an optimal mix of energy technologies and service levels, solving for least-cost electrification in the fastest timeline possible.
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Utilities 2.0 is made possible thanks to the generous support of Jim Rogers and The Rockefeller Foundation.
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Utilities 2.0 will be demonstrated in Uganda with the below partners. For a complete list of partners see our Call to Action.
Recent and upcoming events relevant to the Utilities 2.0 initiative:
05 May 2022: Building Partnerships for an Integrated Energy Approach - Experience from the Utilities 2.0 project
17 May 2022: Transitioning to the Grid of the Future
7- 9 June 2022: Enlit Africa
29 July 2022: 5th Energy Professionals Online RoundTable
13 - 15 September 2022: The Microgrid Global Innovation Forum
We continued to disseminate and facilitate discussions on the findings and recommendations of the 2022 Powering Jobs census. We launched Powering Jobs census country reports for Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya and took part in the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo held in Kigali, Rwanda.