Tashar Wutar Lantarki ta Nalubaale

Tashar Wutar Lantarki ta Nalubaale, Wacce aka fi sani da Owen Falls Dam, tashar wutar lantarki ce a fadin White Nile kusa da asalin ta a Tafkin Victoria a Uganda . Nalubaale shine sunan Luganda na Tafkin Victoria. Wurin da yake Dam din yana zaune a fadin Kogin Nilu tsakanin garin Jinja, a cikin Gundumar Jinja kimanin kilomita 85 (53 , ta hanyar hanya, gabashin Kampala, babban birnin Uganda kuma birni mafi girma. Tarihi Kafin gina madatsar ruwan, matakan ruwa a Tafkin Victoria sun daidaita ta hanyar madatsar ruwa ta halitta a gefen arewacin tafkin. Ruwan tafkin da ke tashi zai zubo a kan madatsar ruwa zuwa White Nile, wanda ke gudana ta Uganda, Sudan ta Kudu, Sudan, da Masar kafin ya zubo cikin Bahar Rum. Lokacin da matakan ruwa suka ragu sosai, kwarara cikin kogi ya daina. A shekara ta 1947, Charles Redvers Westlake, injiniyan Ingila, ya ba da rahoton ga Gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta Uganda yana ba da shawarar gina madatsar ruwa a Owen Falls kusa da birnin Jinja. Wannan ya haifar da kafa Hukumar Lantarki ta Uganda (UEB), tare da Westlake a matsayin shugabanta na farko. Yarjejeniya tsakanin Uganda da Masar ta tabbatar da cewa madatsar ruwan ba za ta canza yanayin Nilu ba. Injiniyan mai ba da shawara a kan aikin shine Sir Alexander Gibb &amp; Partners . An fitar da tan dubu tamanin na kayan shuka da kayan gini (ciki har da tan 36,000 na siminti) daga Turai a cikin mawuyacin lokacin bayan yakin. Daga nan ne aka ja su kilomita 1,200 (750 ta hanyar jirgin ƙasa daga Mombasa zuwa Jinja. An kammala madatsar ruwan a cikin shekaru uku, a gaban jadawalin a shekara ta 1954, inda aka nutse Ripon Falls. Yana samar da wutar lantarki ga Uganda da sassan makwabta Kenya da Tanzania. Kulawa da wadatar tashar sun ragu sosai a lokacin gwamnatin Idi Amin. Matsayin tashar wutar lantarki ta Nalubaale shine 180 megawatts (MW). Da farko an tsara shi ne don turbines goma da aka kimanta a 15 MW kowannensu (don jimlar 150 MW. An sake gyara tashar a cikin shekarun 1990s don gyara lalacewar da aka tara daga shekaru goma na rikicewar farar hula. A lokacin gyare-gyare, an kara ƙarfin fitarwa na janareto, wanda ya kawo ƙarfin samar da wutar lantarki na Nalubaale zuwa 180 MW. Ayyuka Gwamnatin Uganda, ta hanyar Kamfanin Wutar Lantarki na Uganda (UEGCL), kashi 100 cikin dari na gwamnati, ta ba da izinin aiki, gudanarwa da kulawa na shekaru 20 ga Eskom Uganda Limited, reshe na Eskom, kamfanin makamashi na Afirka ta Kudu, don rufe duka tashar wutar lantarki ta Nalubaale da tashar wutar wutar lantarki ta Kiira da ke kusa. Yarjejeniyar ta fara ne a shekara ta 2002. Wutar da aka samar a nan, ana sayar da ita ga Kamfanin Gudanar da Wutar Lantarki na Uganda Limited (UETCL), mai sayarwa guda ɗaya. UETCL kuma tana sayar da wutar ga UEDCL, mai rarraba makamashi. A ranar 31 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 2023, yarjejeniyar shekaru 20 tare da Eskom don madatsun biyu ta ƙare kuma ba a sabunta ta ba. Kamfanin Uganda Electricity Generation Limited (UEGCL) ya karɓi kulawar tashoshin wutar lantarki kuma ya sha kashi 93 cikin ɗari na ma'aikatan Eskom Uganda, wanda ya fara aiki a ranar 1 ga Afrilu 2023. Kulawa A cikin 2021, Eskom Uganda Limited ta hayar da Babcon Uganda Limited a farashin USh888 miliyan (kimanin US $ 251,000) don gyarawa da ƙarfafa matakan wutar lantarki zuwa raka'a 1, 5 da 9. An zargi lalacewar matakala da Alkali Silica Reaction (ASR), wanda ke haifar da lokacin da ruwa ya amsa tare da kankare, a tsawon lokaci, yana haifar da fadada kankare da sassauta kayan aikin da aka haɗe. A watan Satumba na wannan shekarar, Sinohydro Corporation Limited ta kammala gyare-gyare ga tsarin madatsar ruwan. Gyaran da ya dauki kusan shekara guda, an yi shi ne don dakatar da zubar da ruwa saboda "rugujewar labule". Ana sa ran cewa gyaran, na ƙarshe da aka yi a 1999, zai ba madatsar ruwan akalla wasu shekaru 20 na rayuwa. Gyaran ya kashe USh11.6 biliyan (US $ 3.3 miliyan).