Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station

Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station
View from top of dam
Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station is located in Uganda
Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station
Location of Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station in Uganda
Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station is located in Africa
Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station
Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station (Africa)
Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station is located in Earth
Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station
Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station (Earth)
CountryUganda
LocationJinja
Coordinates00°26′37″N 33°11′06″E / 0.44361°N 33.18500°E / 0.44361; 33.18500
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Opening date1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Operator(s)Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsWhite Nile
Spillways6
Spillway typeUnder sluice
Nalubaale Power Station
Operator(s)Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited
Turbines10
Installed capacity180 MW (240,000 hp)[1]
Website
[uegcl.go.ug]
Satellite image showing the location of the dam in relation to Lake Victoria
Construction of the Owen Falls Dam in early 1950s

Nalubaale Power Station, formerly known as Owen Falls Dam, is a hydroelectric power station across the White Nile near it’s source at Lake Victoria in Uganda. Nalubaale is the Luganda name for Lake Victoria.