Ghana to suffer power supply interruption
for six months
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Accra, April 28, Ghanadot -
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)
has disclosed to Ghanadot that Ghana will suffer interrupted
power supply for the next two to six months.
According to ECG, this is so because of the unavailable upgraded
facilities and equipment at its various plant
locations all over the nation, adding that the capacity
required to produce the needed electricity to power the nation
has thus been affected negatively as a result of the absence of
the equipment.
This came some days after the Energy Minister. Dr. Oteng Agyei
revealed to Ghanaians that the 2006/2007 days of load shedding
were crawling back.
Dr. Oteng Agyei said government has secured over US$169 million
under the Ghana Energy Development and Access Project to improve
distribution of electricity across the country.
An additional $350 million loan facility, he said had been
secured from the US Exim Bank for the extension of electricity
to over 1,000 rural communities throughout the country.
But the Managing Director of ECG, Mr Jude Adu Amankwah said the
7-8% annual energy growth rate in the country meant that Ghana
had to double its capacity of electricity production to meet the
demand every 10 years, adding that this
demand was notbeing met in
pace with the energy growth rate in Ghana.
Mr. Adu Amankwa noted that the supply networks across the
country were constantly overloaded and explained that the
monitoring systems automatically turned off the electricity
supply to prevent damage to the equipment. To him, the needed
upgrades in the equipment at the stations could rectify the
problem.
The ECG boss commended some donor agencies who had come to help
the company and called for more aids to help the country
maintain quality energy supply to its people.
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