Ghana: Karpower Resumes Operations, Restores 470MW Power Grid Lost

Ghana’s national electricity grid has received the 470MW power it lost, following the relocation of Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan few weeks ago.

The power ship, which was situated at the Tema Fishing Harbour, in the eastern part of the West African country, was relocated to the Takoradi Naval Base for the utilisation of gas supply from the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant operated by the Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas).

After being shut down for over three weeks, the Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan (Karpowership) power ship has now resumed power production.

A statement signed by Sandra Amartikar-Amarquaye, Corporate Communication Specialist at Karpowership Ghana Company Limited, which announced the resumption of power production onto the national grid, thanked all the stakeholders who have been involved in the success of the project.

“The 470MW Power ship would continue to operate on Heavy Fuel Oil to supply reliable and sustainable electricity to the national grid until ongoing works on the gas pipeline are completed and the pipeline is fully commissioned,” the statement said.

“Karpowership would continue to keep all stakeholders informed on further updates about the project,” it added.

To save millions of dollars annually and in line with its strategic policy, the government decided to relocate the powership from Tema to the Western Region to utilise the natural gas from its Western Enclave.

Ghana Gas has said it will begin supplying gas from the Atuabo gas processing plant to the Karpowership in October.

The company, at the end of August, said setting up and laying of pipelines to power the relocated Karpowership was about 85 percent complete.

Ghana Gas expects to be supplying 60 to 70 million standard cubic feet worth of gas on a daily.