President John Dramani Mahama has announced that government will, within the year, cut sod for the construction of a 1,200-megawatt power generation plant to expand Ghana’s electricity capacity.
The project is expected to form part of a broader strategy to meet rising national demand and strengthen the country’s power supply system.
Speaking at the Resetting Ghana Citizen Engagement on Saturday, May 2, the President explained that electricity consumption has increased significantly due to growing investment and economic activity.
“Looking at how the country is growing, the consumption of electricity is growing. When we came to power, the consumption was 3,500 megawatts but currently the consumption at peak has gotten to 4,300 megawatts and that is because there is more investment in town and that demand for electricity has become high, so meaning we have to add more generation so that we can get redundancy,” he stated.
He said the Ministries of Energy and Finance have already developed a roadmap for the project, which is expected to improve energy reliability and ensure sufficient backup capacity.
According to him, the excess power generated could also be exported to neighbouring countries such as Burkina Faso, helping to generate foreign exchange for the country.
“By God’s grace, this year we will cut sod for its commencement,” he added.
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