
There is increasing interest in solar PV installations in Uganda, however, there is little or no information available on performance of solar PV systems in Uganda. Since solar PV performance is site specific, there is ne. . Ar Annual revenue ($)As Annual saving ($)BCR . . The technical performance of solar PV installation depends on factors that include; the installation's location and its associated weather and meteorological conditions, efficiencies of th. . 2.1. Study area 2.2. Description of the power plantAccess solar power plant, which was commissioned by the end of November 2016 and launch. . 3.1. Technical performance 3.2. Economic performance indicatorsIn estimating the economic indicators, which are discussed in this section, the following assump. . Using IEC standard 61724–1 and a combination of dynamic and static capital investment methods, the technical performance and economic viability of the first utility-scale g. [pdf]
Given Uganda's total surface area of 236 040 km 2, and, on average, over 5 kWh/m 2/day global solar radiation on horizontal surface, Uganda has more than 400 000 TWh of solar energy potential, each year falling on its surface area.
Historically, the generation capacity of Uganda's electricity sub-sector grew from 609.4 MW in 2011 to 1268.8 MW as of 2020 ( Fig. 1), and it is dominated by hydropower, which accounted for 79.65% by 2020.
Overall, the energy sector of Uganda is dominated by use of biomass of fuel wood, charcoal and agricultural residues, contributing 88% to national primary energy mix by mid-2019, while electricity and petroleum products contributed 2% and 10%, respectively [32 ]. This overdependence on wood fuel is mainly due to its accessibility and affordability.
The approved Government of Uganda Vision 2040 development plan anticipated an increase in the country's power generation from the 822 MW (in 2012) to about 41 800 MW (by 2040) and electricity consumption per capita to 3668 kWh/year [34 ].
Table 6. Summary of the estimated economic indicators for the Soroti solar power plant. When a tariff of US$0.1637/kWh is used, which is the amount receivable by the project owner, the simple payback period and discounted payback period are estimated as 8.20 years and 9.28 years, respectively.
For an economically viable utility-scale grid connected solar PV system, a payback period between 8 and 18 years is recommended by Ref. . Therefore, at this tariff rate, it can be concluded that Soroti solar power plant is economically viable.

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