Bugala Power Station is a 1.5 megawatts (2,000 hp) biodiesel-fired thermal power plant located on Bugala Island, in Kalangala District, in the Ssese Islands Archipelago, on Lake Victoria, in south-central Uganda.
Bidco owns a 6,500 hectares (16,000 acres) palm oil plantation on Bugala Island, where the power station is located.
[2] Bugala Power Station is a byproduct of the Uganda Palm Oil project.
As of July 2011[update], the acreage under palm trees by out-growers, had grown to over 2,080 hectares (5,100 acres).
The target of 4,000 hectares (9,900 acres), under palm trees by outgrowers is expected to be attained in a few more years.