Ghana to import power from Cote d'Ivoire to avert unstable supply

desmond frimpong

February 5, 2018 9:01 AM

This comes after the shutdown of the Jubilee FPSO on February 1, 2018.

Ghana is expected to import about 200 megawatts of power from neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire to augment local production and avert power rationing.

The Jubilee Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) produces oil and gas offshore Cape Three Points in the Western Region and then piped on-shore to the Ghana Gas Company’s gas processing plant.

READ ALSO: 6 ways mobile phones have changed lives in GhanaThe closing down of the FPSO for maintenance purposes will affect power supply from the Western Enclave, a situation Ghana's power authority,VRA believes will be averted with additional imports from La Cote d’Ivoire and running power turbines.

“We will operate up to two turbines on Light Crude Oil (LCO) in combined cycle mode to generate up to 300MW from Aboadze to support the system.

READ ALSO: Tullow Oil to resume drilling in Ghana after resolving dispute“In addition, VRA will receive on demand up to 200MW of power from La Cote d’Ivoire to complement generation,” the VRA said in a statement issued last Friday.The current installed capacity of the country stands at about 4,500megawatts, while demand is about 2,100MW.The current shutdown is expected to last till February 21, 2018. Another shutdown of the Jubilee FPSO is expected in March, with yet another expected later in November.

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