Crossflow turbine ensures power supply self-sufficiency

In October 2024, Ossberger – the southern German hydropower specialists – completed a ‘lighthouse’ green energy project in north-western Uganda, involving the renewal of a small hydropower plant in order to secure the power supply to Kuluva Hospital. The heart of the plant is a highly reliable crossflow turbine supplied by Ossberger. The turbine allows the hospital to benefit from its design strengths across a wide partial load range. Modernisation of the plant also involved replacement of the electrical infrastructure and control equipment with new technology also supplied by Ossberger. The power plant has already been recommissioned, so from now on the hospital will be self-sufficient as regards its power supply. Plant renewal commenced in November 2022 and was completed in just under two years.