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Plans were also afoot to increase the supply of electricity by utilization of thermal energy and construction was anticipated by late 1994 on the country's first thermal power generating plant near Sekondi-Takoradi and scheduled for completion in 1997, the plant contributed 300MW of electricity to the Ghana national grid. [7]
Blue Energy Plc. [9] Seeking EPC proposals BXC Solar Power Station [10] Onyandze, Gomoa West District, Central Region, Ghana: 20 2016 [11] Beijing Xiaocheng Company: Operational Gomoa Onyaadze Solar Power Station [12]
The Energy Commission of Ghana was founded by the enactment of an Act of the Parliament of Ghana, Energy Commission Act, 1997(Act 541).The primary supervisory body for the commission is the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (Ghana). [1] [5] Its precursor was the National Energy Board, started in 1989. [6]
The VRA was established by the Volta River Development Act, Act 46 of the Republic of Ghana on 26 April 1961. [2] The main purpose of the VRA is to generate and supply electricity for Ghana's needs. It is also responsible for managing the environmental impact of the creation of the Volta Lake on the towns and people bordering the lake.
The minister for energy and petroleum is the head of the ministry and is directly accountable to the President of Ghana. The position is politically appointed and approved by parliament of Ghana. The current minister is John Abdulai Jinapor who succeeds Herbert Krapa under the Nana Akufo-Addo administration government.
Initially 20% of Akosombo Dam's electric output (serving 70% of national demand) was provided to Ghanaians in the form of electricity, the remaining 80% was generated for Valco. The Ghana government was compelled, by contract, to pay for over 50% of the cost of Akosombo's construction, but the country was allowed only 20% of the power generated.
Power Distribution Services Ghana (PDS Ghana Limited), [1] was an electricity distribution company in Ghana. The company's operation covered about thirty percent of the total land mass of the country. [2] Formerly, and as a public company, its operations were under the Ministry of Energy of Ghana. [3]
Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) is an electricity distribution utility company in Ghana. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The company is a subsidiary of the Volta River Authority , the main electricity generation company in the country. [ 1 ]