Karuma Hydro Power Project.
General Narrative
The 600MW Karuma HPP is located on the Nile River in Kiryandongo District in mid-northern Uganda, 110km downstream of Lake Kyoga, and 270km from Kampala the Capital of Uganda.
Key Dates
Construction works launched by President Yoweri .K. Museveni: 12th August 2013
Project Commencement Date: 16th December, 2013
Original project completion date: December, 2019
Extended project completion date: June, 2022:
Project Overview
- Implementing Agency: Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited
- EPC Contractor: Sinohydro Corporation Limited.
- Project Duration: 60 months
- Project Cost: U.S.D 1.7 Billion Dollars {Government of Uganda – 15%, EXIM Bank (Loan China) – 85%}
- Funding Agency: The People’s Republic of China
- Owners Engineer: AFRY Switzerland Ltd
- Project Management Consultant (PMC): N/A
- Capacity: 600MW
Project Status
The overall physical progress of works is estimated at 98.80% against the time spent of 87.8%. The sudden change in the planned time progress is attributed to the change of the project completion date from 31st Dec 2019 to 30th November 2020.
- Civil Works: Dam, Spillways, and Intake structures: Civil works for the Dam and Intake are at 99.9% and the major ongoing works entail embedment concrete for the tracks of the maintenance gantry crane, concrete for the pavement layer atop dam block #21, rock backfill downstream of dam block #19 and the section between the fishway and the training wall blocks 1 ~ 6. Final joint inspections have also been underway at multiple sections of the dam structure including protection concrete for the interface between the training wall of the diversion channel and the bottom of the channel.
- HRT, Powerhouse, Surge Chamber, TRT
HRT: 100% Completed awaiting water filling a head of wet commissioning.
TRT: The operation room plaster is 100% complete for the interior and the exterior.
Application of putty is complete for low voltage distribution room, DG room, and tank room.
Powerhouse: Granite tile installation ongoing. Finishing works such as painting are currently ongoing.
Door installation works ongoing in the Auxiliary Powerhouse section. Decoration works (putty application and wall painting) ongoing at the Erection bay, and El.942.0m of the Main Powerhouse. - Main Transformer Cavern: 1st stage finishing works stand at 95% against planned progress of 100%. Repair works for defective plaster are ongoing within the Cable Floor (El.958.0m) and MTC stairways 1#~3# (El.942.0~976.4m), but are completed within the Main Transformer Hall, El.948.55m. 2nd coat painting works are completed for Main Transformer rooms 2#, 3#, 5#, 6# and the reserve.
- Electromechanical Works & Hydro Mechanical Works: The EM-HM works progressed well during the month of December;
Achievements realized during the month include;
- Unit 5 ring gate Oil Pressure Unit (OPU) commissioned.
- Unit 5 main transformer bay tests completed.
- Unit 6 ring gate hydrostatic tests completed.
- Unit 5 shaft seal water system commissioned.
- Unit 5 Generator Transformer protection commissioned.
- Transmission Lines
- 400kV Karuma – Kawanda line
- 400kV Karuma – Olwiyo line
- 132kV Karuma – Lira line
- All on-going by UETCL
- Percentage of All works completed: Total overall completed work is at 98.80%
