The Renewable Energy Policy for Uganda. Country/Territory Uganda Document type Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Energy Keyword Bioenergy Biofuel Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Energy conservation/energy production Hydropower generation Renewable energy Geographical area Africa, AFRICA FAO, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Countries, Least Developed Countries Entry into force notes 2007-2017. Abstract The vision of the policy is to make modern energy a substantial part of the national energy consumption and the overall goal is to increase the use of modern renewable energy from 4% to 61% of the total energy consumption by the year 2017. The need to create a framework for renewable energy is reinforced by the challenges faced by the government in meeting the energy needs of the people including the unprecedented electricity supply deficit on the national grid due to the fall in Lake Victoria levels, the escalating oil prices in the international market, the need to make electricity accessible to the rural population and the fulfillment of the Government’s commitment on greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The plan provides that the major strategies to be relied on by the Government in achieving the goals and vision includes improving the legal and institutional framework to facilitate energy investments, establishing an appropriate financing and fiscal policy to attract more investments, promoting mechanisms that enhance the capacity of public and private energy service providers to develop and deploy appropriate gender responsive renewable energy technologies, especially those that help to ease the household burden on women, among other things. The plan is implemented with programmes hinged towards power generation, rural and urban electrification access, promoting renewable energy based technology for households, institutions, commercial buildings and small scale industries, production of biofuels, programmes which would encourage the conversion of wastes to energy and programmes on energy efficiency. The plan further evaluates the impacts of the proposed actions and provides details findings. As its institutional framework, the plan gives responsibility for its overall implementation on the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development and mentions other main stakeholders to include the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), among others. Full text English Website eaenet.org