Akosombo Generating Plant on the Volta Lake

"The Authority operates a total installed electricity generation capacity of 1,730MW. This is made up of two hydroelectric plants on the Volta River , with installed capacities of 1,020MW and 160MW at the Akosombo and Kpong Generating Stations, respectively, and complemented by a 330MW Combined Cycle Thermal Plant at Aboadze, near Takoradi. A further 220MW Thermal Plant, Takoradi International Company (TICO) is owned as a joint venture with TAQA, from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates .

Construction of a 132 MW combined cycle plant called Takoradi Expansion Project T3 has begun. The 132 MW power project is a collaboration project between the Governments of Ghana and Canada and is aimed at augmenting the existing power generation capacity to ensure adequate and reliable power supply in the country.

A further 220MW Thermal Plant, Takoradi International Company (TICO) is owned as a joint venture with TAQA, from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates . There are plans to convert this into a 330MW combined cycle plant, and thus bring the installed thermal generation capacity at Takoradi to 660MW”.

The VRA has developed a number of plants in Tema. These include a 110MW Tema Thermal 1 Power Plant, an 80MW Mines Reserve Plant, both commissioned in 2008; a 49.5 MW Tema Thermal 2 Power Plant, scheduled for commissioning by the end of 2010 ; and a 220MW Thermal Power Plant, located at Kpone, near Tema, which is being developed. Together this will bring the total installed thermal generation capacity to 1,119.5MW.

The VRA, through the Northern Electricity Department, is the sole distributor of electricity in the Brong-Ahafo, Northern, Upper East, Upper West, and parts of Ashanti and Volta Regions of Ghana. NED was developed as an integral part of a larger scheme, designated the Northern Electrification & System Reinforcement Project (NESRP) to extend the national electricity grid to northern Ghana . NED has a customer population of over 300,000 and a load demand of about 120MW.