Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has completed the construction and final integration of a 4-km, 161-kV transmission line connecting a solar project in Yendi in northern Ghana to the Tamale-Yendi transmission network, the company said.
Yendi is home to Bui Power Authority’s 50-megawatt solar farm, which is expected to be commissioned soon.
GRIDCo said the project was executed entirely by its technical teams, making it the longest transmission line project it has completed in-house to date.
The work included tower erection, line stringing, testing, commissioning and energisation of the line.
GRIDCo’s teams also integrated a 66-MVA transformer into the transmission system as part of the project, drawing on expertise from several technical units.
The company said the project demonstrated its technical capacity and would strengthen the national grid’s ability to integrate renewable energy.
The Yendi solar transmission link will connect the project to Ghana’s transmission network and support the expansion of renewable power generation.
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