2018年CRI Locals hail Uganda's largest hydro power plant project financed by China

 

Locals in Uganda are lauding¹ a construction project financed by China which is creating the East African country's largest hydroelectric power plant.

The 600-megawatt (MW) Karuma Hydroelectric Power Plant is located at the mid-western district of Kiryandongo in northern Uganda.

Construction work began in 2013, with the total budget quoted at 1.7 billion U.S. dollars.

The Ugandan government is contributing 15% to the initial construction costs, with the China Export and Import Bank providing the financing for the remaining 85%.

The power plant is expected to be commissioned in December.

Project General Manager Deng Changyi says the new plant is going to be a major contributor to the power grid² in Uganda.

"After it is completed, the power plant will generate four billion Kilowatt³ hours of electricity for Uganda annually⁴, almost doubling the country's capacity to generate electricity. The plant will also provide over 200 million U.S. dollars in revenues to the Ugandan government, which will boost the country's economic development, facilitate its industrialization and sustainable development, and put it one step closer to become a middle-income country," says Deng.

The project currently employs 6300 Ugandans as managers, technical workers or general laborers⁵.

Among them is Khamisi Soniko, a deputy manager of human resources on the project, who says the Chinese company helped him grow when he started out as a driver five years ago.

"They put you to different tasks, it's up to you to perform, they will give you that chance, they will not bind⁶ you to one specific thing, so in the end they make you a complete person who can compete anywhere. The background is the chance I was given at Sinohydro, I then thought of venturing into human resources as my style of living in the future," says Soniko.

The project's main contractor⁷ is Chinese state-owned hydropower firm Sinohydro Corporation.

Simon Kasyate, corporate⁸ affairs manager of the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), which oversees⁹ the project, says they are pleased with the level of cooperation they have with Sinohydro.

"On the whole, we would say that Sinohydro, as a contractor, has been responsible. We are all hopeful that we will deliver this project in time. Sinohydro has gone beyond the core of duty of just building the brick and mortar¹⁰ aspects of the hydropower project, but has gone ahead to offer training and apprenticeship¹¹ opportunities for the staff, especially those going to be involved in the operation and maintenance sectors," says Kasyate.

The construction site of Karuma Hydroelectric Power Plant, the largest hydro power plant in Uganda, financed by China. [Photo: China Plus]

The construction site of Karuma Hydroelectric Power Plant, the largest hydro power plant in Uganda, financed by China. [Photo: China Plus]

Synohydro has also extended the safe water points closer to the surrounding villages, and has also been providing help in building houses and roads in the region.

It's estimated Uganda needs 1131 megawatts of power to meet the national electricity demand by 2020.

That demand should be easily attainable¹² when Karuma and another hydro power plant Isimba, also financed by China, are completed.

1 lauding   

v.称赞，赞美( laud的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Let sing out our own song lauding life, lauding world. 让我们以我们自己的歌来咏赞生命，咏赞世界吧！ 来自互联网
• Vice President-elect Joe Biden also spoke, lauding the value of work and the dignity it brings. 副总统当选人乔·拜登经常说，要赞颂工作的价值及其带来的高贵。 来自互联网

2 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

3 kilowatt   

n.千瓦

参考例句：

• They pay thirty fen per kilowatt hour.他们每度电付三角钱。
• The watt is a small unit of power so that we use the kilowatt instead.瓦特是小功率的单位，因此我们用千瓦代之。

4 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

5 laborers   

n.体力劳动者，工人( laborer的名词复数 )；（熟练工人的）辅助工

参考例句：

• Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言

6 bind   

vt.捆，包扎；装订；约束；使凝固；vi.变硬

参考例句：

• I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you.我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
• He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。

7 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

8 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

9 oversees   

v.监督，监视( oversee的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She oversees both the research and the manufacturing departments. 她既监督研究部门又监督生产部门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Department of Education oversees the federal programs dealing with education. 教育部监管处理教育的联邦程序。 来自互联网

10 mortar   

n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合

参考例句：

• The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
• The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。

11 apprenticeship   

n.学徒身份；学徒期

参考例句：

• She was in the second year of her apprenticeship as a carpenter. 她当木工学徒已是第二年了。
• He served his apprenticeship with Bob. 他跟鲍勃当学徒。

12 attainable   

a.可达到的，可获得的

参考例句：

• They set the limits of performance attainable. 它们确定着可达到的运行限度。
• If objectives are to be meaningful to people, they must be clear, attainable, actionable, and verifiable. 如果目标对人们是具有意义的，则目标必须是清晰的，能达到的，可以行动的，以及可供检验的。