Pre-feasibility studies for "direct use" geothermal energy in Uganda and Tanzania under the East African Geothermal energy (EAGER) Facility funded by DFID (February 9, 2018 to November 30, 2018): Governance Systems International was contracted by Adam Smith International (ASI) to be part of the consulting team carrying out the pre-feasibility studies for "direct use" geothermal energy (i.e., using the hot water from geothermal resources to provide energy for local industry like greenhouses, fish drying, tourism, etc.in Uganda and Tanzania.
GSI was responsible for providing Local government/community relations
expertise to the EAGER team during this assignment. The assignment involved
helping the EAGER team in community engagement to obtain information on local
industry, (industrial) customer ability/willingness to pay for geothermal,
volumes of geothermal fluid that could be used by each industry etc., and help
facilitate site visits for our technical team. GSI also helped the EAGER team
to contact and meet with local government and community officials in the target
areas in order to gain constructive input, understanding of, and support for
the study and served as a liaison between the EAGER technical team and
government of Uganda (Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development and the
department of Geothermal Resources).
