Uganda: Third round of renewables under pilot GET FiT programme

The government has launched a third, and probably last, request for proposals (RfP) under the pilot Global Energy Transfer Feed-in Tariffs (GET FiT) programme. To date, a total of 13 renewable energy projects with a combined installed capacity of 108.5MW have been approved by GET FiT, following two tenders in 2013-14 (see table, page 9). The current RfP was launched on 10 November with the aim of supporting a further 60-80MW of capacity. The closing date is 23 January, with the next group of developers expected to be selected in June 2015.