Uganda

When: 2014–2017

Purpose: Inform national development, SDG, climate, water, and energy strategies by connecting sector models and strengthening government capacity to discuss integrated results with policymakers.

What happened: The 2016 mission and training material focused on water modelling, energy-system choices, and electricity access. Stakeholders used the CLEWs process to examine whether hydropower-heavy investment plans, irrigation expansion, and national electrification targets could be pursued without creating new water, land, or food-security risks.

Key insights:

• The Ministry of Energy requested comparison of nuclear, geothermal, solar, and storage options against hydropower-heavy plans, including a 10% annual electricity-demand growth case.
• The National Planning Authority raised a central CLEWs question: whether hydropower investment and irrigation expansion could compromise water and food security if planned separately.
• A WEAP training was delivered from 5-9 September 2016, and CLEWs training was scoped as an 80-hour programme for national experts.
• The electrification concept proposed customizing OnSSET at 1 km by 1 km resolution to identify least-cost access options among grid extension, four mini-grid technologies, and two stand-alone technologies.
• The access model was designed to use 2030 population, settlement size, existing and planned grids, power plants, economic activity, renewable-resource flows, and demand from households, commerce, industry, and agriculture.

Models: MAMS, CGE-UNDESA, OSeMOSYS, WEAP, CLEWs, OnSSET

Stakeholders: Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Ministry of Water and Environment, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, National Planning Authority, Economic Policy Research Centre, Makerere University, UN DESA, UNDP, IAEA, SEI-US, and KTH.