Power supply in Kasoa and its surrounding communities in the Central Region of the Republic of Ghana, is expected to see significant improvement in some months’ time, energynewsafrica.com can report.
This is due to plans by the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) to commence the construction of a 435 MVA Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) Bulk Supply Point at Kasoa, from January 31, 2020.
The project, which is expected to be completed within 18 months, is being funded by the United States Government through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
The Kasoa BSP, when completed, will be the second largest BSP in the country after the Pokuase BSP, which is currently under construction.
The project will, among other things, reduce the transmission and distribution system losses suffered by GRIDCo and ECG respectively and would ultimately improve the operational and financial performance of the utilities.
In a statement issued and copied to energynewsafrica.com, MiDA said ahead of the site handover to the contractor for the start of construction works, it had started a three-day meeting with Siemens, a French company which has been awarded the contract for the project.
The statement said the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), both direct beneficiaries of the sub-station, Project Engineers SMEC PTY, representatives of the MCC led by Ms Elizabeth Feleke, Deputy Resident Country Director, and other consultants on the project participated in the meeting.
Martin Eson-Benjamin, CEO of MiDA, in his remarks at the opening of the meeting, said: “This critical asset is needed to improve services in order to meet the increasing demands of commerce, industry and numerous domestic consumers located in the very fast growing Kasoa Municipality and its environs.”
He added that the BSP would help “boost socio-economic activities and support the government’s development agenda planned for the municipality.”
The Kasoa BSP forms part of the activities under the ECG Financial and Operational Turnaround (EFOT) project.
The project seeks to make investments in ECG’s network in order to reduce technical, commercial and collection losses and improve service quality.
Source:www.energynewsafrica.com