ESNA Power and ECL venture into hydro power development overseas

From left: UETCL Manager Corporate Services Martin Erone, Managing Director/CEO Eriasi Kiyemba, ESNA Power Director/CEO Manjula Perera and ECL Head of Special Projects Upul Pinto

ESNA Power Ltd. and Engineering Consultants Ltd. (ECL) as joint venture partners have ventured into developments of a 2.7MW small hydro project in Uganda. 

The first overseas project of the ESNA Power, the Mahoma Uganda hydro power project will commence implementation shortly. The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) of the project has been signed with Uganda Electricity Transmission Co. Ltd (UETCL) on 5 November in Uganda.

Mahoma Uganda hydro power project with a capacity of 2.7 MW is located in Burahya, Kabarole. The project will scheduled to be commissioned by December 2017.

ESNA Power mini hydro power plants contributes 10MW of power to the national grid of Sri Lanka with over 18MW more in the pipeline. The company has invested in state-of-the-art hydro power plants in Sri Lanka which provide clean renewable power to the national grid.