Renewable Energy Programme

Renewable energy is central to Uganda's strategy for expanding electricity access and diversifying its power generation mix beyond large hydropower. The Energy Policy for Uganda 2023 identifies renewable energy as a priority sub-sector, supporting the deployment of solar PV, mini-hydro, wind, geothermal, and biomass cogeneration technologies alongside emerging resources such as hydrogen.

MEMD promotes renewable energy investment through a Standardized Power Purchase Agreement and Feed-in Tariff framework, which provides price certainty for renewable energy developers and has helped accelerate grid-connected small-scale renewable power projects. Priority technologies supported under this framework include hydro, biomass, biogas, bagasse, and wind.

Solar energy in particular has seen strong momentum, with pay-as-you-go financing models driving uptake of solar home systems in rural areas not yet connected to the national grid. Uganda's overall renewable energy generation potential is estimated at over 5,300 MW, drawing on the country's hydro, geothermal, biomass, solar and wind resources positioning renewables as a cornerstone of Uganda's path toward universal electricity access by 2030.