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List of power stations in Ghana

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The following page lists power stations in Ghana.

Thermal power stations

Power stationCommunityCoordinatesTypeCapacity (MW)Year completedAdditional descriptionRefTakoradi Thermal Power StationKpone Thermal Power Station IIKpone Thermal Power Station ITema Thermal Power StationSonon Asogli Thermal Power Station
TakoradiLight crude oil or Natural gas5502000A total of 550 MW is generated; four gas turbines and a steam turbine
KponeNatural gas or Diesel fuel or Crude oil3402017 (expected)Biggest independent power plant in Africa to date
KponeNatural gas and Diesel fuel2302016 (expected)Owned by Volta River Authority
TemaDiesel fuel236200854 Caterpillar 3516B diesel power generators
KponeNatural gas2002010Maximum installed capacity of 200MW. Often output is less than maximum.

Hydroelectric power stations

Hydroelectric stationCommunityCoordinatesTypeCapacity (MW)Year completedName of reservoirRiverAkosombo Hydroelectric Power StationBui Hydroelectric Power StationKpong Hydroelectric Power Station
AjenaReservoir1,0381965Lake VoltaRiver Volta
Bui GorgeReservoir4002013Black Volta River
AkuseReservoir1601982River Volta

Solar power stations

Solar power stationCommunityCoordinatesCapacity (megawatts)Year completedName of ownerNotesNzema Solar Power StationBXC Solar Power StationGomoa Onyaadze Solar Power StationNavrongo Solar Power Station{{cite webKaleo Solar Power Station
Aiwiaso Village155{{cite webtitle=Ghana builds largest solar plant in Africawork=Sundiatapost.com Quoting Ventures Africa Magazineurl=http://sundiatapost.com/2014/07/19/ghana-builds-largest-solar-plant-in-africa/date=19 July 2014author=Ventures Africa Magazinearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083754/http://sundiatapost.com/2014/07/19/ghana-builds-largest-solar-plant-in-africa/2022-2023 (expected)Blue Energy Plc.Seeking EPC proposals
Onyandze, Gomoa West District, Central Region, Ghana202016Beijing Xiaocheng CompanyOperational
Onyandze, Gomoa West District, Central Region, Ghana202018Meinergy Ghana LimitedOperational
title = VRA completes first solar plant in Navrongolast = Daily Graphiclocation = AccraDaily Graphic]]url = http://edition.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/105648.phpdate = 8 May 2013access-date = 26 February 2016archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305164750/http://edition.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201305/105648.phparchive-date = 5 March 2016url-status = deadNavrongo
Kaleo13{{cite weburl=https://www.esi-africa.com/solar/grid-tied-solar-plant-successfully-commission-in-ghana/title=Grid-tied solar plant successfully commissioned in Ghanawork=ESI-Africa.comdate=25 August 2022author=Theresa Smith2022Volta River AuthorityOperational

References

References

  1. CRO. (3 February 2015). "Ghana: Construction of Kpone power plant starts". Construction Review Online (CRO).
  2. EAC. (30 July 2015). "Ghana: Kpone IPP thermal power plant making progress". Esi-Africa.com (EAC).
  3. "Location of Kpone Thermal Power Station I".
  4. VRA. (25 February 2016). "Volta River Authority: On-Going Generation Projects". [[Volta River Authority]] (VRA).
  5. Ring Power. (8 June 2009). "Diesel Power Plant Generates Electricity for African Country". Blog.ringpower.com (Ring Power).
  6. (10 February 2015). "Sunon-Asogli Power Plant resumes production". Graphic.com.gh.
  7. Vaughan, Adam. (4 December 2012). "Africa's largest solar power plant to be built in Ghana". [[The Guardian]].
  8. Matt McGrath. (4 December 2012). "Ghana solar energy plant set to be Africa's largest". [[BBC News]].
  9. Antony Kiganda. (25 April 2016). "Newly constructed 20MW power plant in Ghana begins operation". Construction Review Online.
  10. Xinhua. (14 April 2016). "Chinese tech firm leads Ghana's solar energy breakthrough". [[China Daily]].
  11. Boris Ngounou. (24 September 2018). "Ghana: Gomoa Onyaadze solar power plant now operational". Afrik21.africa.
  12. Anu Bhambhani. (18 September 2018). "Meinergy Ghana Commissions 20 MW Solar Power Plant In Gomoa Onyaadze, Ghana Using 64,400 Solar Panels". TaiyangNews.Info.
  13. Jean Marie Takouleu. (25 August 2022). "Ghana: Kaleo solar PV plant goes into operation". Afrik21.africa.
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