Today, a coalition of global energy sector leaders launched a first-of-its-kind integrated energy pilot in Uganda. Led by Uganda’s largest power utility, Umeme, coordinated by Power for All and funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, the Utilities 2.0 Twaake pilot project unites Umeme Ltd, the centralized power utility company and several leading Uganda-based distributed renewable energy companies (DREs) to provide affordable, reliable, and clean power for all in what has been described as the utilities of the future. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/press-releases/utilities-20-twaake-pilot-new-integrated-energy-approach-could-deliver-universal-electrification-uganda-half-cost-fraction-of-ti
The Global Agricultural Sprayers Market industry valued approximately USD 1.82 billion in 2016 is anticipated to grow with a healthy growth rate of more than 8.13% over the forecast period 2017-2025. Power for All’s technical spotlight draws our attention to how solar powered sprayers are transforming the agriculture sector in Uganda. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/infographics/tech-spotlight-application-of-solar-powered-sprayers-uganda
The Utilities 2.0 Twaake project is an integrated energy pilot that unites Umeme Ltd, Uganda’s centralized power utility company and several leading Uganda-based distributed renewable energy companies (DREs) including Equatorial Power, EnerGrow and East African Power, to provide affordable, reliable, and clean power for all in what has been envisioned as the utilities of the future. The project is funded by The Rockefeller Foundation and coordinated by Power for All. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/videos/utilities-20-twaake-project
On July 29, join Power for All's Uganda Director Sumaya Mahomed for the 5th Energy Professionals Online RoundTable. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/events/5th-energy-professionals-online-roundtable
In this episode of the Power for All podcast, Kristina Skierka, Founder and CEO of Power for All speaks with Florence Nsubuga, Chief Operating Officer of Umeme Ltd., Uganda’s largest distribution utility. Florence is also a team leader of the project Girls for Girls, a forum that empowers women between the ages of 15 and 35 years to become leaders in their own communities. The conversation aims to highlight the work of Umeme along with the opportunity of working together to end energy poverty and achieve universal energy access by 2030. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/interviews/interview-florence-nsubuga-leading-utility-of-future-uganda
Join Kristina Skierka, Founder and CEO of Power for All at the 15th edition of the Microgrid Global Innovation Forum, 13-15 September 2022 in London. Kristina will give a talk titled "Designing the Grid of the Future to End Energy Poverty Together and Faster: Lessons from the Twaake project in Uganda." https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/events/microgrid-global-innovation-forum
It will take over 10 million connections for Uganda to achieve universal access. If grid extension is the sole method of service provision, the required investment would likely be in the range of USD $13 billion at USD $1,300 per connection. Utilities 2.0 integrated energy approach seeks to bring the optimal mix of service levels to unelectrified areas, solving for least-cost electrification in the fastest timeline possible in a given area. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/fact-sheets-research-summaries/fact-sheet-utilities-20-twaake-pilot
Download the Powering Jobs Census 2022: The Energy Access Workforce Uganda report to learn the challenges still facing the decentralized renewable energy (DRE) sector and its job growth in the country due to COVID-19 and the measures put in place by the government. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/reports/powering-jobs-census-2022-focus-uganda
The Utilities 2.0 Twaake project in Uganda is a collaboration between centralized and decentralized energy companies including East Africa Power, EnerGrow, Equatorial Power, Power for All, Umeme, The Rockefeller Foundation among other partners with a goal to bring faster connections, increase productive use of electricity, improve grid reliability and stability, reduce grid losses, promote economic growth in rural communities, and improve business profitability. https://www.powerforall.org/resources/action-plans/backgrounder-twaake-more-just-light
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. https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/campaign-updates/campaign-updates-october-2022