The Soroti Power Station is a 10 MW (13,000 hp)
solar power plant in
Uganda.[1][3][5] It was the largest grid-connected, "privately-funded solar power plant in Sub-Saharan Africa, outside of South Africa" at its commissioning and until the Pilot Solar Power Plant (20MW) of The Xsabo Group in Kabulasoke (
Kabulasoke Solar Power Station) in Central Uganda was completed and commissioned in January 2019.[6]
Location
The power station is located in
Soroti District, southeast of the city of
Soroti in the
Eastern Region of Uganda, approximately 282 kilometres (175 mi) by road north-east of
Kampala, the country's capital and largest city.[1][7]
The geographical coordinates of Soroti Solar Power Station are
1°41'06.0"N, 33°39'29.0"E (Latitude:1.685000; Longitude:33.658056).[8]
Overview
The power station has a 10 megawatt capacity. Its output is sold directly to the
Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited for integration into the national grid. The power is evacuated via a substation near the station. It has been estimated that the energy generated could power approximately 40,000 homes located near the station, thereby minimizing transmission losses.[9] The power station, which consists of 32,680 photovoltaic panels, is Uganda's first grid-connected solar plant.[10] The power station sits on 33 acres (13 ha) of land.[11]
Developers
The power station was developed by a
consortium of Access Power Limited (through its subsidiary Access Uganda Solar), a company based in the United Arab Emirates,[12][13][14] and
TSK Electrónica y Electricidad, a company based in Spain. They won the competitive bidding and were awarded the development contract at the same time as the developers of the
Tororo Solar Power Station.[15]
As of February 2022, the power station has been sold to and is now owned by
Total Eren, the renewable energy subsidiary of the French energy
conglomerate, TotalEnergies.[16]