Uganda:

Tapping of Geothermal Energy Finalized (AllAfrica.com)

(Courtesy CIA.gov)

Uganda is looking at the middle of this year as the time when the country will ascertain the geothermal potential and areas to be drilled.

Speaking to the East African Business Week in an interview last week, Mr. Vincent Kato, the Principal Geologist at Geological Survey and Mines Department said that they had identified sites and four had been developed.

"We are still at the exploration stage and present we have licensed six private companies. So by midyear we shall be in a better position to ascertain which areas we need to drill," Kato said.

He added that three geothermal prospective sites; Kibiro in Hoima, Katwe in Kasese and Panyimur in Nebbi are being prioritized and funded by the government but that no drilling had yet taken place.

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