Participants at the dissemination meeting held in the college Boardroom
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the College of Engineering, Design, Art, and Technology (CEDAT) conducted a study on the Integration of On-Grid and Off-Grid Decentralized Renewable Energy Systems in Uganda. A dissemination seminar was convened at the college on Friday 15th November 2024, during which stakeholders were appraised about the process, findings, and recommendations of the research, supported by the Government of Uganda through the Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF) and other partners.
The research team led by Dr. Abubaker Waswa Matovu, the Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Principal Investigator presented the findings and recommendations from the project whose objective was to undertake a Techno-Economic Analysis of the integration of the centralized Grid and decentralized Renewable energy off-grid system, by developing a model for integrating centralized grid-based connections with decentralized off-grid systems.