Promoting Solar Energy through Auctions : The Case of Uganda
Uganda has just completed the first donor-subsidized competitive bidding program for grid connected solar photovoltaic (PV) generation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda’s GET FiT Solar Facility will provide a performance-based subsidy of USc 5.37/kWh t...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25468831/promoting-solar-energy-through-auctions-case-uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23138 |
| Summary: | Uganda has just completed the first
donor-subsidized competitive bidding program for grid
connected solar photovoltaic (PV) generation in Sub-Saharan
Africa. Uganda’s GET FiT Solar Facility will provide a
performance-based subsidy of USc 5.37/kWh to lower the cost
to Ugandan consumers of the electricity produced from four 5
MW solar plants bid by two developers at an average price of
USc 16.37/kWh. This note analyzes the bidding process and
the lessons learned, for possible replication in other
developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. |
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