Kiira Power Station

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Kiira Power Station is a major hydroelectric power plant on the Nile River in Uganda that significantly contributes to the country’s electricity generation.

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Kiira Power Station canonical 5
Kiira Hydroelectric Power Station 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station
power plant
adjacentTo Nalubaale Power Station
alsoKnownAs Kiira Dam
Kiira Hydroelectric Power Station
linked to: Kiira Power Station
commissioned 2000
2003
connectedBy underground power tunnels
constructionStart 1993
continent Africa
contributesTo Uganda electricity supply
country Uganda
damType run-of-the-river
developedBy Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited
downstreamFrom Lake Victoria outlet
linked to: Lake Victoria basin
fuelType water
gridConnectionVoltage 132 kV
gridOperator Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited
hasCapacity 200 megawatts
hasGenerationUnits Unit 11
Unit 12
Unit 13
Unit 14
Unit 15
hasSpillway yes
hasStatus operational
hasTurbineCount 5
locatedIn Jinja District
Uganda Nile basin
locatedNear Jinja
Nalubaale Power Station
locatedOnRiver Nile River
linked to: Nile
operator Eskom Uganda Limited
Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited
owner Government of Uganda
partOf Uganda national grid
primaryEnergySource hydropower
purpose electricity generation
region Eastern Region, Uganda
regulatesFlowWith Nalubaale Power Station
supportsSector industrial power demand in Uganda
residential power demand in Uganda
turbineType Francis turbine
waterSource Lake Victoria

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Jinja hasHydropowerPlantNearby Kiira Power Station
Nalubaale Power Station adjacentTo Kiira Power Station
Buikwe District hasHydropowerInstallation Kiira Power Station
subject linked to: Buikwe
Kiira Power Station alsoKnownAs Kiira Hydroelectric Power Station
linked to: Kiira Power Station
Owen Falls Dam hasSuccessor Kiira Power Station
Owen Falls Dam nearbyPowerStation Kiira Power Station