Eng. Afi, This is a very professional piece and yet clear for an ordinary mind like mine to understand. It was good you gave the forum this engineering insight. Let me take it upon me to apologize on behalf of Caleb and Fr. Ruffino for having insisted you say your mind on this matter. The discussion emerged from a political perspective and honestly needed your technical dissection.
Ismail ----------------------------------- ________________________________ From: George Afi Obitre-Gama <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile [email protected] Sent: Tue, 19 October, 2010 19:27:57 Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] GOOD HUSTLE - ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE TO CHRISTINE'S Ladies and Gentlemen, While I do not want to be drawn into politics though I am a politcal animal by nature and by insistence of Counsel A and Father R, I shall offer my humble input and/or opinion to some of the issues that have been a subject of continuing debate and/or discussions on this noble forum. Delay of Nyagak HPP While is is public knowledge that Nyagak HPP has delayed its commissioning, it is not enough to say that the delay is attributable to a single entity i.e the GoU. Nyagak HPP is a PPP(Private Public Partnership) between the GoU and WENRECo as the developement partner. The delay in commissioning lay squarely on the developer who did not do a thorough due diligence on the proposed contractor's technical and financial capability coupled by time loss of money!! But again, even if Nyagak was commissioned in time, the transmission adequacy of the system would not allow us to fully enjoy the hydropower. Even if tommorow, an investor erects and commissions a 50MW plant, we can only take about 2MW due to lack of adequacy of the line system. The current transmission adequacy of the West Nile system 'as is' is about 2MW and urgently requires an upgrade in order to evacuate only 3.5MW!! Connection to National Grid While I have been informed that there is a strategic plan to connect the West Nile region to the National Grid from Amuru(Olwiyo is proposed sub-station), this connection, as already stated, shall take sometime to be realised. Currently, Gulu, Lira and say the greater northern Line is supplied from Tororo. This line Tororo- Northern-Opuyo-Lira is only about 14.5 MW - is it enough? What about upgrading the transmission capacity in case of future off-takes? I don't know! First of all, this 14.5MW is not even enough for the region(Lira, Gulu, Kitgum, Pader,etc!!). What West Nile region needs to wait for is the Construction of Karuma HPP, Ayago HPP and the like. Someone asked for the costs of transmission lines - 33KV - about $ 30,000 - $45,000 per km, 132KV - about $700,000 - $1,000,000 per km!!! Big? Isn't it? These costs are without the corresponding sub-stations and distribution networks!! Brethren, all in all, we require collective effort and lobbying in realization of the connection to the National Grid. What we have to fight for in the meantime and tactically in the interim is the commissioning of Nyagak HPP, upgrading of the existing network, expanding the upgraded network to cover the whole of West Nile to pre-determined load centres, Construction of Nyagak II and Nyagak III as a cascade hydro system from Nyagak I. In my humble opinion, this is the fastest way we have in realization of electrification of the region from darkness which quite frankly requires a lot of political input from representatives of the people by the people - Mark my words:- Reps of the people by the people! The above is my take. Regards to all ________________________________ From: Ezama Ruffino <[email protected]> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 5:28:40 PM Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] GOOD HUSTLE - ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE TO CHRISTINE'S Christine Your question is clear. I seem to have read from Eng Ajedra the question as to why our elected MPs from WN could not connect WN to the national grid than construct Nyagak Dam whose work they are "hurrying slowly". What made them fail? What is your "engineer-able objective" which will make you succeed this time round. If Eng Afi is reading we are awaiting his input too as Counsel Alaka asked God bless ruffino
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