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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Meyer, René, Tenenbaum,Bernard W., Hosier,Richard H.
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Document Date
2015/01/01
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Document Type
Brief
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Report Number
100982
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Volume No
1
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1
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Disclosure Date
2015/11/16
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Promoting solar energy through auctions : the case of Uganda
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Keywords
Electricity;Energy;international year;access to modern energy service;Environmental and Social Impact Assessment;competitive bidding;solid fuel;energy intensity;energy intensities;partial risk guarantee;liquefied petroleum gas;energy for all;solar generators;winning bidder;price factor;commercial bank;price bid;
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Meyer, René Tenenbaum,Bernard W. Hosier,Richard H.
Promoting solar energy through auctions : the case of Uganda (English). Live wire knowledge note series,no. 2015/49 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/770701467987820299/Promoting-solar-energy-through-auctions-the-case-of-Uganda