Buyende nuclear power plant — Uganda

Buyende nuclear power plant is a 2,000 MW nuclear power station in Buyende, Uganda. It ranks #4 of 16 Uganda power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 0.0% of Uganda's electricity; the national grid averages 59 gCO₂/kWh (97.1% low-carbon) (2024).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_nuc_buyende_ugand.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (announced); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #4 largest nuclear power plant of 4 in Uganda by capacity.

Uganda has 4 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 18,000 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Nakasongola nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 7,200 MW · Nakasongola
• Soroti · Solar · 10 MW · Eastern Region
• Bujagali Falls · Hydro · 250 MW · Central Region
• Kiira · Hydro · 200 MW · Eastern Region
• Narubale · Hydro · 180 MW · Eastern Region
• Kakira Sugar Works · Biomass · 12 MW · Eastern Region

Location

Coordinates 1.243964, 33.114454 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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